God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhat 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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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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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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