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> [“To whatever the soul of man turns, unless toward God, it cleaves to sorrow, even though the things outside God and outside itself to which it turns may be things of beauty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/to-whatever-the-soul-of-man-turns-unless-toward-god-it-cleaves-to/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

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## More by St. Augustine

> [“i understand that i understand”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/i-understand-that-i-understand/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“For it is one thing to see the Land of Peace from a wooded ridge, and yet another to walk the road that leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/for-it-is-one-thing-to-see-the-land-of-peace-from-a-wooded-ridge-and/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“What madness, to love a man as something more than human! I lived in a fever, convulsed with tears and sighs that allowed me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/what-madness-to-love-a-man-as-something-more-than-human-i-lived-in-a/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Sin, but sin boldly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/sin-but-sin-boldly/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“No eulogy is due to a man who simply does his duty and nothing more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/no-eulogy-is-due-to-a-man-who-simply-does-his-duty-and-nothing-more/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“You can easily see what and endless, wearisome and fruitless task it would be if I were to refute all the unconsidered objections of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/you-can-easily-see-what-and-endless-wearisome-and-fruitless-task-it/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/our-hearts-have-been-made-for-you-o-god-and-they-shall-never-rest/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“This disease of curiosity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/this-disease-of-curiosity/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi. In interiore homine habitat veritas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/noli-foras-ire-in-te-ipsum-redi-in-interiore-homine-habitat-veritas/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Prayer is the key that opens heaven; the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/prayer-is-the-key-that-opens-heaven-the-favors-we-ask-descend-upon-us/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“My sin grew sleek on my excesses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/my-sin-grew-sleek-on-my-excesses/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“In faith, unity, in doubtful matters, liberty, in all things charity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/in-faith-unity-in-doubtful-matters-liberty-in-all-things-charity/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“When I come across one or other of my fellow Christians ignorant of astronomy, believing what is not so, I calmly look on, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/when-i-come-across-one-or-other-of-my-fellow-christians-ignorant-of/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“To whatever the soul of man turns, unless toward God, it cleaves to sorrow, even though the things outside God and outside itself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/to-whatever-the-soul-of-man-turns-unless-toward-god-it-cleaves-to/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“The world is a great book...they who never stir from home read only a page.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/the-world-is-a-great-book-they-who-never-stir-from-home-read-only-a/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

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