Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHe who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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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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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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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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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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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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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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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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