It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIt’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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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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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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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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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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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