God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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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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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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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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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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 understood him, it would not be God.
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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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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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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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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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