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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Edith SteinEdith Stein A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, – I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.
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