Saint Augustine Quotes, Humility Quotes, Firsts Quotes

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

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Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it.

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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

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Believe in order to Understand and Understand in order to Believe

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Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.

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Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?

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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

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The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.

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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

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Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where you are looking. You are seeking a happy life in the realm of death, and it will not be found there. How could life be happy where there is no life at all?

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The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

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The argument is at an end.

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Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.

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Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

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Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.

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Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like a physician to heal the wounds left by our sins. Tribulation is the divine medicine.

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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

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The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.

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I am convinced that in all history there has never been a greater need to Pray for our Pastors than exists right now! Pastors are experiencing an unprecedented wave of attacks, stresses, challenges. obstacles. pressures.

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