Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
SAINT AUGUSTINEMiracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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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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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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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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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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