Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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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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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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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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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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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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