Saint Augustine Quotes


24 quotes:

"A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Truth Quotes
"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Perfection Quotes
"The purpose of all wars...is peace."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Peace Quotes
"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Miracles Quotes
"There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Heart Quotes
"He that is jealous is not in love."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Hate Quotes
"Understanding is the reward of faith."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Faith Quotes
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Faith Quotes
"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Faith Quotes
"Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Faith Quotes
"For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow what He does not will, as for Him to do what He will."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Evil Quotes
"The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Desire Quotes
"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Charity Quotes
"Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Admiration Quotes
"The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Action Quotes
"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain"
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Action Quotes
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Wisdom Quotes Patience Quotes
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Travel Quotes Books And Reading Quotes
"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Time Quotes
"Love is the beauty of the soul."
Author: Augustine Quotes Category: Love Quotes

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