What 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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEMiracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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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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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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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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