Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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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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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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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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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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