Saint Augustine Quotes, Existence Quotes

We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.

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Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.

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... at the beginning of the human race the woman was made of a rib taken from the side of the man while he slept; for it seemed fit that even then Christ and His Church should be foreshadowed in this event. For that sleep of the man was the death of Christ, whose side, as He hung lifeless upon the Cross, was pierced with a spear, and there flowed from it blood and water, and these we know to be the sacraments by which the Church is built up.

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In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.

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We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

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All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross.

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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

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Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time.

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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

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The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their grave only the bruises and marks of their toil.

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In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.

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Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.

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The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word. The chalice, or better what is contained in the chalice, is the Blood of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word

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The human race is inquisitive about other people's lives, but negligent to correct their own.

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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

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Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.

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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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Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.

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If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

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For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.

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