Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
SAINT AUGUSTINETo fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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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 mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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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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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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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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To sing is to pray twice.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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