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Saint Augustine quotes: O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will as if it were my will, so that Thou mayest do my will as if it were Thy will. O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will as if it were my will, so that Thou mayest do my will as if it were Thy will.
Saint Augustine quotes: Custom is second nature. Custom is second nature.
Saint Augustine quotes: Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour. Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
Saint Augustine quotes: We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation. We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
Saint Augustine quotes: I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
Saint Augustine quotes: We come to God by love and not by navigation. We come to God by love and not by navigation.
Saint Augustine quotes: Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive. Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
Saint Augustine quotes: Your wisdom should be without pride. Your wisdom should be without pride.
Saint Augustine quotes: Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?
Saint Augustine quotes: If the future and the past really exist, where are they? If the future and the past really exist, where are they?
Saint Augustine quotes: If a shameless woman expects to be defiled and then dies of her fierce love because you do not consent, will chastity also be homicide? If a shameless woman expects to be defiled and then dies of her fierce love because you do not consent, will chastity also be homicide?
Saint Augustine quotes: War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity. War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.
Saint Augustine quotes: Give what You command and command what You will. Give what You command and command what You will.
Saint Augustine quotes: And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here. And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.
Saint Augustine quotes: It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits. It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
Saint Augustine quotes: Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time. Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time.
Saint Augustine quotes: Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love. Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love.
Saint Augustine quotes: Put no faith in salvation through the political order. Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
Saint Augustine quotes: God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him. God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him.
Saint Augustine quotes: God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity. God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
Saint Augustine quotes: Every infinity ... is made finite to God. Every infinity ... is made finite to God.
Saint Augustine quotes: A free curiosity is more effective in learning than a rigid discipline. A free curiosity is more effective in learning than a rigid discipline.
Saint Augustine quotes: We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God . We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God .
Saint Augustine quotes: Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Saint Augustine quotes: Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer? Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?
Saint Augustine quotes: He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
Saint Augustine quotes: You say to me 'Show me your God.' I answer you, 'Everything you see in your heart that might sadden God, remove.' You say to me 'Show me your God.' I answer you, 'Everything you see in your heart that might sadden God, remove.'
Saint Augustine quotes: Make friends with angels. Make friends with angels.
Saint Augustine quotes: This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open. This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.
Saint Augustine quotes: Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself. Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself.
Saint Augustine quotes: Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume. Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
Saint Augustine quotes: Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Saint Augustine quotes: Whoever possesses God is happy. Whoever possesses God is happy.
Saint Augustine quotes: No one indeed believes anything unless he has first thought that it it to be believed. No one indeed believes anything unless he has first thought that it it to be believed.
Saint Augustine quotes: Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ? Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?
Saint Augustine quotes: The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls . The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls .
Saint Augustine quotes: A person can do other things against his will, but belief is possible only in one who is willing. A person can do other things against his will, but belief is possible only in one who is willing.
Saint Augustine quotes: Ex Malo Bounum (good out of evil). Ex Malo Bounum (good out of evil).
Saint Augustine quotes: We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
Saint Augustine quotes: Except he be willing, man cannot believe. Except he be willing, man cannot believe.
Saint Augustine quotes: I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me. I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.
Saint Augustine quotes: This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God. This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.
Saint Augustine quotes: We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone
Saint Augustine quotes: The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same. The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.
Saint Augustine quotes: A marriage without children is the world without the sun. A marriage without children is the world without the sun.
Saint Augustine quotes: He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent. He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Saint Augustine quotes: He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Saint Augustine quotes: The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
Saint Augustine quotes: What am I then, my God? What is my nature? A life varied, multifaceted and truly immense. What am I then, my God? What is my nature? A life varied, multifaceted and truly immense.
Saint Augustine quotes: To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
Saint Augustine quotes: For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see? For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?
Saint Augustine quotes: Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence. Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
Saint Augustine quotes: The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed. The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed.
Saint Augustine quotes: While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear. While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear.
Saint Augustine quotes: Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others. Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.
Saint Augustine quotes: Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations. Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations.
Saint Augustine quotes: Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth. Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth.
Saint Augustine quotes: Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith. Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith.
Saint Augustine quotes: He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing. He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
Saint Augustine quotes: I had a clear idea about what time is till I was asked to explain it and ceased to understand it altogether as soon as I began explaining it. I had a clear idea about what time is till I was asked to explain it and ceased to understand it altogether as soon as I began explaining it.
Saint Augustine quotes: It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning. It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.
Saint Augustine quotes: We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Saint Augustine quotes: Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars. Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.
Saint Augustine quotes: One never errs more safely than when one errs by too much loving the truth. One never errs more safely than when one errs by too much loving the truth.
Saint Augustine quotes: There is no salvation outside the church. There is no salvation outside the church.
Saint Augustine quotes: I was in love with loving. I was in love with loving.
Saint Augustine quotes: No one reaches the kingdom of Heaven except by humility No one reaches the kingdom of Heaven except by humility
Saint Augustine quotes: We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist. We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
Saint Augustine quotes: Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not. Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.
Saint Augustine quotes: Solvitur ambulando ... it is solved by walking. Solvitur ambulando ... it is solved by walking.
Saint Augustine quotes: What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know. What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know.
Saint Augustine quotes: This world's a bubble. This world's a bubble.
Saint Augustine quotes: When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil. When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil.
Saint Augustine quotes: Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance. Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.
Saint Augustine quotes: What is time? If I am not asked, I know; if I am asked, I don't. What is time? If I am not asked, I know; if I am asked, I don't.
Saint Augustine quotes: Free curiosity is of more value than harsh discipline. Free curiosity is of more value than harsh discipline.
Saint Augustine quotes: The love of our neighbor hath its bounds in each man's love of himself. The love of our neighbor hath its bounds in each man's love of himself.
Saint Augustine quotes: If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things. If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.
Saint Augustine quotes: God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Saint Augustine quotes: One can't reach the Truth but trough Love. One can't reach the Truth but trough Love.
Saint Augustine quotes: There is no greater invitation to love than loving first. There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.
Saint Augustine quotes: If you comprehend, it is not God. If you comprehend, it is not God.
Saint Augustine quotes: Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Saint Augustine quotes: He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon. He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon.
Saint Augustine quotes: To sing is to pray twice. To sing is to pray twice.
Saint Augustine quotes: Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels. Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.
Saint Augustine quotes: Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint Augustine quotes: I do not comprehend all that I am. Is the mind, therefore, too limited to possess itself? I do not comprehend all that I am. Is the mind, therefore, too limited to possess itself?
Saint Augustine quotes: Singing is a lover's thing. Singing is a lover's thing.
Saint Augustine quotes: Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
Saint Augustine quotes: Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace. Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.
Saint Augustine quotes: A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent. A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.
Saint Augustine quotes: For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much. For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.
Saint Augustine quotes: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts. Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.
Saint Augustine quotes: In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity. In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity.
Saint Augustine quotes: Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves. Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves.
Saint Augustine quotes: No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old. No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.
Saint Augustine quotes: We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is. We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is.
Saint Augustine quotes: So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you. So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.
Saint Augustine quotes: When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar. When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.

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