Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
SAINT AUGUSTINELife is a misery, death an uncertainty.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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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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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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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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