“The truth can be perceived only through thinking, as is proven by Augustine.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The measure of love is to love without measure. - attributed to Saint Augustine — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
“For “what the soul is to the body of man,” Saint Augustine was to write, “that the Holy Spirit is to the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“That which man builds man destroys, but the city of God is built by God and cannot be destroyed by man. AUGUSTINE” — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“... he paraphrased his father's favourite saint, Augustine: Lord, make my wife virtuous, but not yet.” — Zin Murphy Copy Share Image
I am interested in the shape of ideas even if I do not believe in them. There is a wonderful sentence in… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God;… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I would inquire of reasonable persons whether this principle: Matter is naturally wholly incapable of thought, and this other: I think, therefore… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
St. Augustine wrote that basically it is not possible to understand what was being described in Genesis. It was not intended as… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart.… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“THE VERY ORDER, DISPOSITION, BEAUTY, CHANGE AND MOTION OF THE WORLD AND OF ALL VISIBLE THINGS SILENTLY PROCLAIM THAT IT COULD ONLY… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
Augustine said that we were all born into the world of "common grace" [i.e., available to all]. Before one is baptized, or… — Joseph Sittler Copy Share Image
[Milton's] argument is (a) St. Augustine was wrong in thinking God's only purpose in giving Adam a female, instead of a male,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We should never… — Frances Xavier Cabrini Copy Share Image
Now the Father draws us from the evil of sin to the goodness of His grace with the might of His measureless… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
St. Augustine teaches us that there is in each man a Serpent, an Eve, and an Adam. Our senses and natural propensities… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine cries, Lord I cannot love you, but come in and love yourself in me. According to Saint Paul, we must… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“St. Augustine wrote something once, something I think about often,” he said. “ ‘God triumphs on the ruins of our plans.’ And maybe… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“In words which can still bring tears to the eyes, St. Augustine describes the desolation into which the death of his friend… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Give me chastity and constancy, but not yet." St. Augustine. "Amen" Odette” — Marie Clair Copy Share Image
“As Augustine thought, God will command what he wills and will grant what he commanded.” — David K. Naugle Copy Share Image
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Things take the time they take. don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine? — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“Augustine was struck by the fact, when they first met, that Ambrose read to himself, a habit unknown to the classical world:… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“The 'words' of Augustine, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, St. John of Damascus, St. Thomas Aquinas, et al, may not have carried the… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“When I read Saint Augustine’s writings, I do not get the impression that he is a man who died more or less… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“St. Augustine is reported to have said, “God, this is the only problem for me: whatsoever I think is worth doing I… — Osho Copy Share Image
Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He… — Robin Jones Gunn Copy Share Image
The reality is, if you go to the library and read biographies, thousands of people have changed, radically changed. St. Augustine was… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Loving difficult people will refine us. Perhaps only in heaven will our love be so perfected that we can actually like these… — Scott Hahn Copy Share Image
![“Augustine said that we were all born into the world of "common grace" [i.e., available to all]. Before one is baptized, or even if one never is, such grace meets one in God's creation. There is grace in the pear tree that blooms and blushes. There is common grace in the sea (that massive…” quote by Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/13b/joseph-sittler-57997_air_augustine-said-that-we-were-all-born-int_2483699.jpg)
![“[Milton's] argument is (a) St. Augustine was wrong in thinking God's only purpose in giving Adam a female, instead of a male, companion, was copulation. For (b) there is a "peculiar comfort" in the society of man and woman "beside, (i.e. in addition to, apart from) the genial bed"; and (c) we know…” quote by C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cd5/c-s-lewis-2-132_adam_milton-s-argument-is-a-st-augustine-was_1338657.jpg)
![“The 'words' of Augustine, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, St. John of Damascus, St. Thomas Aquinas, et al, may not have carried the weight of Canon, however they were neither paper-like nor mere 'pellets'." ~R. Alan Woods [2012]” quote by R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/461/r-alan-woods-1455_canon_the-words-of-augustine-origen-clement-of_1178430.jpg)
