Saint Augustine Quotes, Filth Quotes

Between urine and filth we are born.

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The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not evil. All these are good; it is evil men who make this evil world.

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To seek the greatest good is to live well, and to live well is nothing other than to love God with the whole heart, the whole soul, and the whole mind: It is therefore obvious that this love must be kept whole and uncorrupt, that is temperance; it should not be overcome with difficulties, that is fortitude, it must not be subservient to anything else, that is justice; it must discriminate among things so as not to be deceived by falsity or fraud, that is prudence.

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

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Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.

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The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.

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Every infinity... is made finite to God.

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When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.

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No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.

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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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We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.

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

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For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?

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There is no salvation outside the church.

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Nobody should ever doubt that in the washing of rebirth (Titus 3:5) absolutely all sins, from the least to the greatest, are altogether forgiven.

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God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

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Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.

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Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

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Solvitur ambulando . . . it is solved by walking.

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Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary

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