There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior's Passion. … - Saint Augustine

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The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can't separate them. They're wedded.

Saint Augustine

There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior's Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them I derive new life.

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

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I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

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