For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The Law is not in fault, but our evil and wicked nature; even as a heap of lime is still and quiet… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wishes to forsake God his… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine 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
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
He who commends the nature of the soul as the supreme good, and condemns the nature of the flesh as evil, at… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
What am I then, my God? What is my nature? A life varied, multifaceted and truly immense. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In all trouble you should seek God. You should not set Him over against your troubles, but within them. God can only… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“There are many going afar to marvel at the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the long courses of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Though there are very many nations all over the earth, ...there are no more than two kinds of human society, which we… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Often a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other parts of the world, about the motions and orbits… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. — Saint Augustine 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 in truth,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur or… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is brought to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“O God, who is ever at work and ever at rest. May I be ever at work and ever at rest.” — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order of nature,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
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