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> [“Our wound is serious, but the Physician is all-powerful. Does it seem to you so small a mercy that, while you were living in evil and sinning, He did not take away your life, but brought you to belief and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/our-wound-is-serious-but-the-physician-is-all-powerful-does-it-seem/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

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## More by Saint Augustine of Hippo

> [“Our wound is serious, but the Physician is all-powerful. Does it seem to you so small a mercy that, while you were living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/our-wound-is-serious-but-the-physician-is-all-powerful-does-it-seem/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“It was foul, and I loved it. I loved to perish. I loved my own — not that for which I erred, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/it-was-foul-and-i-loved-it-i-loved-to-perish-i-loved-my-own-not-that/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“There is a Master within Who teaches us. Christ is our Master, and his inspiration and his anointing teaches us. Where his inspiration and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/there-is-a-master-within-who-teaches-us-christ-is-our-master-and-his/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“For often we wickedly blind ourselves to the occasions of teaching and admonishing them, sometimes even of reprimanding and chiding them, either because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/for-often-we-wickedly-blind-ourselves-to-the-occasions-of-teaching/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/late-have-i-loved-you-o-beauty-ever-ancient-ever-new-late-have-i/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Da quod iubes et iube quod vis Give what thou commandest and command what thou wilt”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/da-quod-iubes-et-iube-quod-vis-give-what-thou-commandest-and-command/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“This is what we love in friends. We love to the point that human conscience feels guilty if we do not love the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/this-is-what-we-love-in-friends-we-love-to-the-point-that-human/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Our city must remember that in the ranks of its enemies, lie hid fellow citizens to be, and that it is well to bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/our-city-must-remember-that-in-the-ranks-of-its-enemies-lie-hid/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“The aim of our orator, then, when speaking of things that are just and holy and good--and he should not speak of anything else--the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/the-aim-of-our-orator-then-when-speaking-of-things-that-are-just-and/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Come, O Lord, and stir our hearts. Call us back to yourself. Kindle your fire in us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/come-o-lord-and-stir-our-hearts-call-us-back-to-yourself-kindle-your/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“...a man is not in any difficulty in making a reply according to his faith ... to those who try to defame our Holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/a-man-is-not-in-any-difficulty-in-making-a-reply-according-to-his/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“The wisdom of what a person says is in direct proportion to his progress in learning the holy scriptures--and I am not speaking of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/the-wisdom-of-what-a-person-says-is-in-direct-proportion-to-his/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/if-you-keep-silent-keep-silent-by-love-if-you-speak-speak-by-love-if/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“As Christians, our task is to make daily progress toward God. Our pilgrimage on earth is a school in which God is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/as-christians-our-task-is-to-make-daily-progress-toward-god-our/)

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