Tag: Saint Augustine
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Saint Augustine
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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
Saint Augustine
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Saint Augustine
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
Saint Augustine
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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
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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Saint Augustine
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
Saint Augustine
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Saint Augustine
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Saint Augustine