[ st. augustine Quotes ]
29 Quotations
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
[ Truth ]
St. Augustine
19 votes
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
[ Charity ]
St. Augustine
10 votes
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
[ Abstinence ]
St. Augustine
19 votes
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
[ Spirit and Spirituality ]
St. Augustine
24 votes
Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
[ Faith ]
St. Augustine
21 votes
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
[ Adversity ]
St. Augustine
28 votes
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
[ Courage ]
St. Augustine
13 votes
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
[ Freedom ]
St. Augustine
16 votes
I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
[ Creation ]
St. Augustine
27 votes
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
[ God ]
St. Augustine
29 votes
I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!
[ Beauty ]
St. Augustine
29 votes
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
[ Friends and Friendship ]
St. Augustine
21 votes
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
[ Longevity ]
St. Augustine
22 votes
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
[ Humility ]
St. Augustine
29 votes
Love is the beauty of the soul.
[ Love ]
St. Augustine
22 votes
Love, and do what you like.
[ Love ]
St. Augustine
29 votes
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
[ Miracles ]
St. Augustine
32 votes
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
[ Prayer ]
St. Augustine
22 votes
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
[ Punishment ]
St. Augustine
17 votes
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
[ Understanding ]
St. Augustine
27 votes
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
[ Confession ]
St. Augustine
27 votes
The greatest evil is physical pain.
[ Pain ]
St. Augustine
32 votes
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
[ Victory ]
St. Augustine
29 votes
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
[ Perfection ]
St. Augustine
12 votes
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
[ Sin ]
St. Augustine
25 votes
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
[ Moderation ]
St. Augustine
19 votes
