We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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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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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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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He that is jealous is not in love.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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