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 AUGUSTINEThe soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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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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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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