The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod gives where he finds empty hands.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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