If you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod gives where he finds empty hands.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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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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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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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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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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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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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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