Saint Augustine Quotes, Fall Quotes, Humility Quotes

I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.

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Whoever possesses God is happy.

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Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.

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What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.

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The Gods occupy the loftiest regions, men the lowest, the demons the middle region...They have immortality of body, but passions of the mind in common with men.

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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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I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

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Believe that others are better than you in the debths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.

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Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don't you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion.

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It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.

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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

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To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.

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Tolle, lege: take up and read.

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Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

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Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472).

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Keep on adding, keep on walking, keep on progressing: do not delay on the road, do not go back, do not deviate.

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Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much.

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The argument is at an end.

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Believe that you may understand.

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Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage.

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