Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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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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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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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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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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