God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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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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