Saint Augustine Quotes

Tolle, lege: take up and read.

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Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated.

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We speak, but it is God who teaches.

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The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.

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My love is my weight. Because of it, I move.

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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.

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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.

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When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.

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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.

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An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor."

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

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Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

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A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

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

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And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.

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Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil.

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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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Whole prayer is nothing but love.

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