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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
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More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
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.
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
