Saint Augustine Quotes, Giving Quotes, Suffering 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.

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Singing is a lover's thing.

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Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.

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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

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The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her.

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He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.

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I too have sworn heedlessly and all the time, I have had this most repulsive and death-dealing habit. I'm telling your graces; from the moment I began to serve God , and saw what evil there is in forswearing oneself, I grew very afraid indeed, and out of fear I applied the brakes to this old, old, habit.

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What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice.

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If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.

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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

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They who shall enter into [the] joy [of the Lord] shall know what is going on outside in the outer darkness. . .The saints'. . . knowledge, which shall be great, shall keep them acquainted. . .with the eternal sufferings of the lost.

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So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.

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Salvation is God's way of making us real people.

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Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.

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The greatest evil is physical pain.

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If there is something more excellent than the truth, then that is God; if not, then truth itself is God.

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Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.

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Grace alone brings about every good work in us.

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By and by never comes.

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Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you.....and protect me, for today I could betray you.

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