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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Written by Saint Augustine
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.
Written by Saint Augustine
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Written by Saint Augustine
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Written by Saint Augustine
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Written by Saint Augustine
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Written by Saint Augustine
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.
Written by Saint Augustine
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Written by Saint Augustine
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Written by Saint Augustine
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Written by Saint Augustine
The purpose of all wars, is peace.
Written by Saint Augustine
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
Written by Saint Augustine
We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
Written by Saint Augustine
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Written by Saint Augustine
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.
Written by Saint Augustine
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Written by Saint Augustine
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
Written by Saint Augustine
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
Written by Saint Augustine
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Written by Saint Augustine
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Written by Saint Augustine
Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
Written by Saint Augustine
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Written by Saint Augustine
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
Written by Saint Augustine
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Written by Saint Augustine
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Written by Saint Augustine
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
Written by Saint Augustine
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Written by Saint Augustine
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
Written by Saint Augustine
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Written by Saint Augustine
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.
Written by Saint Augustine

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