Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove has reasons that reason knows not.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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He that is jealous is not in love.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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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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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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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 God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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