In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
SAINT AUGUSTINESome people, in order to discover God, read books.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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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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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our 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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