I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Our 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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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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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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To sing is to pray twice.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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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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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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