Saint Augustine Quotes, Angel Quotes, Son Quotes

For when God said, "Let there be light, and there was light," if we are justified in understanding in this light the creation of the angels, then certainly they were created partakers of the eternal light which is the unchangeable Wisdom of God, by which all things were made, and whom we call the only-begotten Son of God.

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Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.

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Although God is all powerful, He is unable to give more; though supremely wise, He knows not how to give more; though vastly rich, He has not more to give.

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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

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Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

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What matters it to me if someone does not understand this? Let him too rejoice and say, “What is this?” Let him rejoice even at this, and let him love to find you while not finding it out, rather than, while finding it out, not to find you.

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For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.

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When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.

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Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace .

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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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Understanding is the reward of faith.

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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

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What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

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Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.

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

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The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.

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Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty?

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Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith.

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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.

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You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility. And how great soever a mass of building one may wish and design to place above it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper does he dig his foundation.

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