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If you understood him, it would not be God.

Saint Augustine

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Glory God Love Sake
Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

God Lord
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Decision Earthquake Errupt Love Madness Temporary
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Beware Command Despair God Trust Yourself
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Concept Experience Print
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Believe Faith Reward
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.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Hard Time Inspirational Live People Time
In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Charity Essential Liberty Unity
Truth is not private property.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Justice One Liner Private Property Truth
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Beginning Break Up Ending Growth Kiss Love Smile Tears
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.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Future God Love Mercy Mistake Past
When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

God Indeed Strength Weakness
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

God Lord Value
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Body Command Instant Meet Mind Obey Resistance
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Forgiveness God Procrastination Promise Repentance
It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
SAINT AUGUSTINE

Book Light Mind Reading Truth

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