Saint Augustine Quotes, Praise Quotes, Duty Quotes

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

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There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn.

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He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him all venial sins which he may have committed up to that hour.

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I do not comprehend all that I am. Is the mind, therefore, too limited to possess itself?

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The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.

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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

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Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

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Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.

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Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.

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Far be it from us to doubt that all number is known to Him 'Whose understanding is infinite' (Ps. 147:5). The infinity of number, though there be no numbering of infinite numbers, is yet not incomprehensible by Him Whose understanding is infinite. And thus, if everything which is comprehended is defined or made finite by the comprehension of him who knows it, then all infinity is in some ineffable way made finite to God, for it is comprehensible by His knowledge.

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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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Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth.

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There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride.

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War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.

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We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are beyond the ills by which in this life even the best of people are broken down or corrupted.

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Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.

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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

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There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.

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God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.

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Love, and do what you will. If you are silent, be silent for love; or if you cry out, cry out for love. If you chastise, chastise for love; if you spare, spare for love.

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