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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEBeware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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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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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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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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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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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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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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