Saint Augustine Quotes, Spiritual Quotes, Brother Quotes

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

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Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.

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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

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Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.

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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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

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I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance - You, O God - towards inferior things, rejecting its own inner life and swelling with external matters.

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If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.

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It is better to be cured in the Church than to be cut off from this Body as incurable ... for, as long as the member is still attached to the Body, his cure is not beyond hope, but when he has been cut off, he can neither be treated nor cured.

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The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

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God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.

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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. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God.

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Alternate translation: Come brethren, if you have a mind to be ingrafted in the vine, It is a pity to see you lopped off in this manner From the stock. Reckon up the prelates in the very see of Peter; And in that order of fathers see which has succeeded which. This is the rock over which the proud gates of hell prevail not.

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By the fall a poison was handed to mankind through a woman [Eve], by the Redemption man was given salvation also through a woman [Mary].

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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.

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There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.

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The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a king.

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