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.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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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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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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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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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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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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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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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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If you understood him, it would not be God.
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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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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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The measure of love is to love without measure.
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