Evil Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
All Evil quotes Augustine of Hippo’s page
Augustine’s theological treatises laid foundational ideas about sin. This brief collection of eight quotes captures his early Christian perspective on evil.
All Evil quotes Augustine of Hippo’s page
Augustine’s theological treatises laid foundational ideas about sin. This brief collection of eight quotes captures his early Christian perspective on evil.
![“For God would never have created any human beings, let alone any angels, whose future evil he foreknew, if he had not known equally well how he would put them to use for the good and so adorn the course of the ages, like the most beautiful poem, with antitheses of a sort.[39]” quote by Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f87/augustine-of-hippo-2589_angels_for-god-would-never-have-created-any-hum_2503265.jpg)
![“[T]hey feel no shame that they themselves are evil amid the things they praise as good. They are more pained if their villa is poor than if their life is bad, as though man's greatest good were to have everything good except himself” quote by Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/83b/augustine-of-hippo-2589_evil_t-hey-feel-no-shame-that-they-themselves_2585216.jpg)
![“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)
