God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHumility 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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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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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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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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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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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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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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