Saint Augustine Quotes, Men Quotes, Doubt Quotes

If a parricide is more wicked than anyone who commits homicide-because he kills not merely a man but a near relative-without doubt worse still is he who kills himself, because there is none nearer to a man than himself.

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He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.

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To touch God a little with our mind is a great blessing, to grasp him is impossible.

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Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.

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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

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Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations.

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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

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Love, and He will draw near; love, and He will dwell within you.

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The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

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Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!

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I fell away from you, my God, and I went astray, too far astray from you, the support of my youth, and I became to myself a land of want.

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I too have sworn heedlessly and all the time, I have had this most repulsive and death-dealing habit. I'm telling your graces; from the moment I began to serve God , and saw what evil there is in forswearing oneself, I grew very afraid indeed, and out of fear I applied the brakes to this old, old, habit.

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What do I love when I love my God?

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One generation and another generation; the generation by which we are made the faithful, and are born again by baptism; the generation by which we shall rise again from the dead, and shall live with the Angels for ever.

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Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace .

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Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself.

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For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next.

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To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.

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There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.

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If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.

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