Augustine Quotes

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

The mind must be drawn into truth by some impression from outside.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

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

God does not command impossibilities, but by commanding, He suggests to you to do what you can and to ask for what you cannot, and He helps you to fulfill it.

The measure of love is to love without measure.

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

The world is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only a page.

Love, and do what you please.

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.

Understand so that you may believe; believe so that you may understand.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

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

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The evil you do remains with you: the good you do, comes back to you.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

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

Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.

God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

God is love, but He loves love so much that not any love goes to waste but instead fills all the spaces where evil empties love.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.

Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee.

Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops… at all.

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

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

In my deepest wound, I saw your glory and it dazzled me.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

The measure of love is to love without measure.

God provides the wind, but man must raise the sail.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

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

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there is your heart; where your heart, there is your happiness.

Love, and do what you will.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.