120 ordspråk av Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine föddes den
13 november 354 och dog den 28 augustus
430 - of Hippo from 396 to 430. One of the Latin Fathers of the Church.
Mer info via Google eller Bing. 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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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
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Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
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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.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.
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People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars; and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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