Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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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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Humility 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.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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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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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Truth is not private property.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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