Saint Augustine Quotes

"The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences."

"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain"

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

"Understanding is the reward of faith."

"He that is jealous is not in love."

"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."

"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."

"There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart."

"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

"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."

"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

"The purpose of all wars...is peace."

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."

"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."

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."

"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

"A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently."

"Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe."