If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
SAINT AUGUSTINEMiracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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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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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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