We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHope 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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Truth is not private property.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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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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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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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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