We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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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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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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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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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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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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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
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