Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe speak, but it is God who teaches.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Truth is not private property.
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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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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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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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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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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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