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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

Saint Augustine

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Character Discover Love Observe People
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Future God Love Mercy Past Present Provide Trust
I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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Anxiety Friendship Lost Misery Overcome State
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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Future Inspirational Past Saint Sin
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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God Money Need Poor Receive
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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God Religious
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Consent Creation God Help Save
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Goodness Live Time
We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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Die Ending God Immortal Live Mortal
You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Goodness Holy Lord Need
We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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Future God Love Mercy Mistake Past
Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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God Heart Religious Rest
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Defend Inspirational Lion Lose Truth
I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Love Philosophy
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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Happiness Heart Pleasure Treasure
If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Bad Forgiveness Justice Man Suffering

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

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