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We speak, but it is God who teaches.

Saint Augustine

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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Die Ending God Immortal Live Mortal
He that is jealous is not in love.
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Couple Jealousy Love One Liner
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Fashion Hell One Liner
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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Believe Rejection Truth Yourself
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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Forgiveness God Procrastination Promise Repentance
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Defend Inspirational Lion Lose Truth
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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Greatness Himself Kindness Lead Man Render Truth
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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Decision Earthquake Errupt Love Madness Temporary
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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Believe Faith Reward
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Glory God Love Sake
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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Acceptance Believe Heaven Rational Reason Seek Soul
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Goodness Live Time
Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Invisible Powerful Reality Sign Symbol Visible
Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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God Heart Religious Rest
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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God Money Need Poor Receive
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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Anger Beautiful Courage Daughter Hope

We speak, but it is God who teaches.

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