For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
SAINT AUGUSTINE
The measure of love is to love without measure.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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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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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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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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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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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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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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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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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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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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