Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINEYou are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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