I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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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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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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