Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
SAINT AUGUSTINENo one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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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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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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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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We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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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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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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