It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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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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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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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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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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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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