Saint Augustine Quotes, Prayer Quotes, Humility Quotes

Within the Church, sins are forgiven in three ways: by baptism, by prayer, and by the greater humility of penance; yet God does not forgive sins except to the baptized.

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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

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

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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

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All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons; chiefly do they torment freshly-baptized Christians, yea, even the guiltless new-born infants.

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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

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God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them.

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The diversity of language alienates man from man

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Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Late have I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.

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The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls.

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The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.

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Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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Don't go outside; get back to yourself, in the inner man lies the Truth.

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We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

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The Head and the body are Christ wholly and entirely. The Head is the only begotten Son of God, the body is His Church; the bridegroom and the bride, two in one flesh. All who dissent from the Scriptures concerning Christ, although they may be found in all places in which the Church is found, are not in the Church; and again all those who agree with the Scriptures concerning the Head, and do not communicate in the unity of the Church, are not in the Church.

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True happiness is to rejoice in the truth, for to rejoice in the truth is to rejoice in You, O God, who are the truth... Those who think that there is another kind of happiness look for joy elsewhere, but theirs is not true joy.

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What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know.

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You called and shouted and burst my deafness. You flashed, shone, and scattered my blindness. You breathed odors, and I drew in breath and panted for You. I tasted, and I hunger and thirst. You touched me, and I burned for Your peace.

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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

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