For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?

Augustine Of Hippo
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall, I’m like a turtle without his shell. If you take away my shell, I cease to exist. Apart from the shell of relationship with God I am nothing.

Source: Confessions

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