Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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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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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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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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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