It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
SAINT AUGUSTINEDo not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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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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The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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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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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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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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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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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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