Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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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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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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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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If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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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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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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