Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
SAINT AUGUSTINEPeace in society depends upon peace in the family.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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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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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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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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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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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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Truth is not private property.
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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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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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