The measure of love is to love without measure.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you understood him, it would not be God.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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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.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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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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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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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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Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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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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Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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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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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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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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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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