Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
SAINT AUGUSTINEPut no faith in salvation through the political order.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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