If you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Truth is not private property.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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