God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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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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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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