In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod gives where he finds empty hands.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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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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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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