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.
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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.Saint Augustine
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
Saint Augustine
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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.
Saint Augustine
I asked the whole frame of the world about my God and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
Saint Augustine
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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