--- title: "4 Compass Quotes By Saint Augustine" description: "4 Compass quotes by Saint Augustine. Plus more from Saint Augustine and more Compass sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/saint-augustine-328_admire_men-go-forth-to-marvel-at-the-height-of_1044434.jpg" --- > [Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/men-go-forth-to-marvel-at-the-height-of-mountains-and-the-huge-waves/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/saint-augustine-328_admire_men-go-forth-to-marvel-at-the-height-of_1044434.jpg) > [People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/people-travel-to-wonder-at-the-height-of-mountains-at-the-huge-waves-2/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/saint-augustine-328_acknowledge_people-travel-to-wonder-at-the-height-of_2219382.jpg) > [People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/people-travel-to-wonder-at-the-height-of-mountains-at-the-huge-waves-3/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/saint-augustine-328_astronomy_people-travel-to-wonder-at-the-height-of_3078989.png) > [Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/men-go-abroad-to-wonder-at-the-heights-of-mountains-at-the-huge-waves/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/saint-augustine-328_abroad_men-go-abroad-to-wonder-at-the-heights-o_3089021.png) ## Other authors on Compass - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-covey-86975.jpg) Stephen Covey 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/stephen-covey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-leonardo-da-vinci-59740.jpg) Leonardo da Vinci 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/leonardo-da-vinci/) ## More by Saint Augustine > [Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/lust-indulged-became-habit-and-habit-unresisted-became-necessity/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [The playthings of our elders are called business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/the-playthings-of-our-elders-are-called-business/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/do-what-you-can-and-pray-for-what-you-cannot-yet-do/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate in truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/for-i-did-not-know-that-the-soul-needs-to-be-enlightened-by-light/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/my-mother-spoke-of-christ-to-my-father-by-her-feminine-and-childlike/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/wicked-sons-do-not-have-the-holy-ghost-in-the-same-way-as-do-beloved/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/to-wisdom-belongs-the-intellectual-apprehension-of-things-eternal-to/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is brought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/it-is-this-one-spirit-who-makes-it-possible-for-an-infant-to-be/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/god-has-no-need-of-your-money-but-the-poor-have-you-give-it-to-the/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/nothing-conquers-except-truth-and-the-victory-of-truth-is-love/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [“O God, who is ever at work and ever at rest. May I be ever at work and ever at rest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/o-god-who-is-ever-at-work-and-ever-at-rest-may-i-be-ever-at-work-and/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order of nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/our-lord-reserved-to-himself-certain-things-which-he-would-do-in-due/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/give-me-chastity-and-continence-but-not-yet/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen. He either permits it to happen, or He brings it about Himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/nothing-therefore-happens-unless-the-omnipotent-wills-it-to-happen-he/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) > [The reward of patience Is patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/the-reward-of-patience-is-patience/) [Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/saint-augustine/#itemlist", "name": "4 Compass Quotes By Saint Augustine", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness of the ocean, the orbits of the stars, and yet they neglect to marvel at themselves. 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