The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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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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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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