The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
SAINT AUGUSTINEOur hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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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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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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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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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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Truth is not private property.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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