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.
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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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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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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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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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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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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Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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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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