Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe measure of love is to love without measure.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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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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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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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.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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