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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You are what you love.

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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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If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. Not that there are no other precepts to give, but if humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.

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So if you can manage it, you shouldn't touch your partner, except for the sake of having children.

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

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For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

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People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.

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Anger is a weed; hate is a tree

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No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor.

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No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.

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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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Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law.

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Love and say it with your life.

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He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.

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Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.

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The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

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The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy.

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If you don't believe it you won't understand it.

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For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts are crushed do you draw close. You will not let yourself be found by the proud, nor even by those who in their inquisitive skill count stars or grains of sand, or measure the expanses of heaven, or trace the paths of the planets.

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