Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
SAINT AUGUSTINEMiracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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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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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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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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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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