The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINESome people, in order to discover God, read books.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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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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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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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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