The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
Unless you believe you will not understand.
- Topic: Belief
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More Quotes from St. Augustine
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
More on Belief
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.
Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
