Saint Augustine Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Punishment Quotes

Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin.

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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

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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 fellow who eggs you on to avenge yourself will rob you of what you were going to say - as we forgive our debtors . When you have forfeited that, all your sins will be held against you; absolutely nothing is forgiven.

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Let us sing a new song, not with our lips, but with our lives.

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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

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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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Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.

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Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness of the ocean, the orbits of the stars, and yet they neglect to marvel at themselves. Variant: Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.

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My weight is my love.

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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.

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It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.

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This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.

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When I come to be united to thee with all my being, then there will be no more pain and toil for me, and my life shall be a real life, being wholly filled by thee.

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Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.

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Love has reasons that reason knows not.

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Make me a captive Lord, then I shall be truly free.

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The ministry is a weight from which even an angel might shrink

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A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according to God, by Whom the world itself was made; for he is warned by the precept of the apostle and faithfully hears what has been said, 'Beware that no one deceive you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the elements of the world'

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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

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