God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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Truth is not private property.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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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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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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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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To sing is to pray twice.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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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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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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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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