The measure of love is to love without measure.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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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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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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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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Truth is not private property.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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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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