God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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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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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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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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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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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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