“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: faith
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Find out how much God has given
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: god
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Men go abroad to wonder at the
“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: men
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He that is jealous is not in
“He that is jealous is not in love.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children,
“Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: intelligence
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What I needed most was to love
“What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: fear
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of
“Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: great
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Do you wish to be great? Then
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
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Since love grows within you, so beauty
“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: beauty
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In the absence of justice, what is
“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: government
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even
“Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Category: happiness
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