“...It is no less impossible for us not to taste as bitter the death of those whose life for us was such… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Life is a misery, death an uncertainty. Suppose it steals suddenly upon me, in what state shall I leave this world? When… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“So the will's desire for death is not a desire for nonexistence, but a desire for peace. When someone wrongly believes that… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“For, Thou art righteous, O Lord, but we have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and Thy hand is grown… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“O mortals, how long will you be heavy-hearted? Life has come down to you, and are you reluctant to ascend and live?… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“We are inflamed, by Thy Gift we are kindled; and are carried upwards; we glow inwardly, and go forwards. We ascend Thy ways that… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“So it falls out that in this world, in evil days like these, the Church walks onward like a wayfarer stricken by the world's… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Pride is the beginning of sin. And what is pride but the craving for undue exaltation? And this is undue exaltation - when the… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Variation on the middle sentence: A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Run to and fro everywhere, holy fires, beautiful fires; for you are the light of the world, nor are you put under a bushel.… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Let Him do what pleases Him; let Him disclose Himself when it pleases Him! I now commit myself wholly to His care and clemency.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“and even now we labor in our residual gloom, until in your only Son we become your righteousness; for that righteousness is like God's… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury. Moreover, a people becomes avaricious and luxurious… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of the faith is to see what we believe.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
![“Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and went from one day to the next; in its coming and its passing it brought me other hopes and other memories. [quoted in Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo, p. 54]” quote by Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7c2/augustine-of-hippo-2589_change_time-takes-no-holiday-it-does-not-roll-i_22609.jpg)
