In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
SAINT AUGUSTINEThere is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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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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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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