Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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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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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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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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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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