When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
SAINT AUGUSTINETake 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.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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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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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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