Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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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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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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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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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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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.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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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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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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