Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
SAINT AUGUSTINESymbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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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 purpose of all wars, is peace.
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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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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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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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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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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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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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