It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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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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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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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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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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