Saint Augustine Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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 were Thy will.
Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?
If a shameless woman expects to be defiled and then dies of her fierce love because you do not consent, will chastity also be homicide?
And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?
You say to me 'Show me your God.' I answer you, 'Everything you see in your heart that might sadden God, remove.'
This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
I had a clear idea about what time is till I was asked to explain it and ceased to understand it altogether as soon as I began explaining it.
It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.
We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.
Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.