Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
SAINT AUGUSTINELife is a misery, death an uncertainty.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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 mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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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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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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