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Thy Quotes 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.
- 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…
- O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will as if it were my will, so that Thou mayest do my will as if it…
- In no passage of the holy canonical books there can be found either divine precept or permission to take away our own life, whether for…
- What is more insane than to be partakers of the Sacraments of the Lord and not partakers of the words of the Lord? These men…
- Late have I loved Thee, O Lord; and behold, Thou wast within and I without, and there I sought Thee. Thou was with me when…
- If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee,…
- Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the mirror of the heavens, not…
- Was it for my good that the rein was laid loose, as it were, upon me, for me to sin? or was it not laid…
- He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
- Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou it. It has that within…
- Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy…
More Thy Quotes
- I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation. — William Shakespeare
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars… — Ernst Gottlieb Baron
- Know thy opportunity. — Pittacus of Mytilene
- What early tongue so sweet saluteth me? Young son, it argues a distemper'd head So soon to bid good morrow to thy… — William Shakespeare