The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice,… — Saint Augustine Absence Copy Share Image
The fellow who eggs you on to avenge yourself will rob you of what you were going to say - as we… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place,… — Saint Augustine Circumstance Copy Share Image
For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate… — Saint Augustine Enlightened Copy Share Image
For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they… — Saint Augustine Baptism Copy Share Image
It is said that there is no salvation outside the Church. Who denies this? And therefore whatever things of the Church are… — Saint Augustine Church Copy Share Image
The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt… — Saint Augustine Ancestor Copy Share Image
People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of… — Saint Augustine Spiritual Copy Share Image
It is salutary for us to learn to hold cheap such things, be they good or evil, as attach indifferently to good… — Saint Augustine Evil Copy Share Image
And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Where Scripture speaks of the world's creation, it is not plainly said whether or when the angels were created; but if mention… — Saint Augustine Angel Copy Share Image
The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their… — Saint Augustine Beast Copy Share Image
The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty:… — Saint Augustine Advantage Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which sins are forgiven: in baptism, in prayer, and in the greater humility of penance; yet God… — Saint Augustine Baptism Copy Share Image
Hear, O God. Alas, for man's sin! So saith man, and Thou pitiest him; for Thou madest him, but sin is in… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Love, and do what you will. If you are silent, be silent for love; or if you cry out, cry out for… — Saint Augustine Cry Copy Share Image
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to… — Saint Augustine Change Copy Share Image
They who shall enter into [the] joy [of the Lord] shall know what is going on outside in the outer darkness. .… — Saint Augustine Darkness Copy Share Image
I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or… — Saint Augustine Accidents Copy Share Image
Great are those two gifts, wisdom and continence: wisdom, forsooth, whereby we are formed in the knowledge of God; continence whereby we… — Saint Augustine Knowledge Copy Share Image
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
If a parricide is more wicked than anyone who commits homicide-because he kills not merely a man but a near relative-without doubt… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is… — Saint Augustine Authority Copy Share Image
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds… — Saint Augustine Chastity Copy Share Image
If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love… — Saint Augustine Celestial Copy Share Image
Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many… — Saint Augustine Bible Copy Share Image
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