Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEUnderstanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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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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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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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 mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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