He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINEPeace in society depends upon peace in the family.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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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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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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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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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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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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The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.
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