It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up. — Saint Augustine Catholic Copy Share Image
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity. — Saint Augustine Eternity Copy Share Image
Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time. — Saint Augustine Inspirational Copy Share Image
Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel. — Saint Augustine Angel Copy Share Image
Our life is a gymnasium of desire… When Christians say "God," what do we wish to express? This word is all that… — Saint Augustine Christian Copy Share Image
If a shameless woman expects to be defiled and then dies of her fierce love because you do not consent, will chastity… — Saint Augustine Chastity Copy Share Image
Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor. — Saint Augustine Debtors Copy Share Image
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself. — Saint Augustine About yourself Copy Share Image
The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a… — Saint Augustine Kings Copy Share Image
Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace. — Saint Augustine Order Copy Share Image
If you excuse yourself in confession, you shut up sin within your soul, and shut out pardon. — Saint Augustine Confession Copy Share Image
The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page. — Saint Augustine Book Copy Share Image
The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it;… — Saint Augustine Charity Copy Share Image
You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into… — Saint Augustine Baptism Copy Share Image
The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed,… — Saint Augustine Christian Copy Share Image
God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he… — Saint Augustine Adversity Copy Share Image
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think… — Saint Augustine Christian humility Copy Share Image
Late have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new. Late have I loved you. You have called to me, and… — Saint Augustine Ancient Copy Share Image
Late have I loved Thee, O Lord; and behold, Thou wast within and I without, and there I sought Thee. Thou was… — Saint Augustine Blindness Copy Share Image
Suppress prostitution, and capricious lusts will overthrow society. — Saint Augustine Atheism Copy Share Image
Choose to love whomsoever thou wilt: all else will follow. — Saint Augustine Choose love Copy Share Image
Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
One never errs more safely than when one errs by too much loving the truth. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
