In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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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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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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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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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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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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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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