“Then he withdrew in silence, but shaking his head as though inwardly exclaiming, “An Unbeliever.” No! low as I have fallen, I… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There's a huge amount of work on Adam and Eve, from the ancient world to the present. Saint Augustine was obsessed with… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“I have become an enigma to myself. So said Saint Augustine. And herein lies my sickness.” — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Where the African church failed was in not carrying Christianity beyond the Romanized inhabitants of the cities and the great estates, and… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
“I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“And I read something else," Jacob goes on. "There was this discussion of the story of Cain and Abel, from the Bible.… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“The most glorious triumphs of the Church have been won in times of persecution. The early church was persecuted for about three… — D.L. Moody Copy Share Image
“Sixteen hundred years ago Saint Augustine instructed, basically, Don’t be stupid. “Shall we say, then,” he wrote about Genesis, “there was such… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“The tension between religion and science is an old problem. In the fourth century, Christians and scientists were deadlocked over the matter… — Ronald W. Dworkin Copy Share Image
“talking about clear minds writing in clear language—the predictions of Saint Augustine, Sir Francis Bacon, Newton, Einstein, the list goes on and… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
“He dreamed of a Europe after the pattern of his favorite book, Saint Augustine’s The City of God, a Europe made one… — Francis Russell Copy Share Image
“Around 400 A.D., Saint Augustine, a prominent Roman bishop, described a pastor's job: Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low-spirited to be… — Saint Augustine a Roman bishop ca. 400 A.D Copy Share Image
“I got a calling, y’all—you should try giving me a shout if ya ever need it, ‘cuz my name is Saint Monica,… — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
“It is very useful for those who minister the word of God, or give themselves up to prayer, to read the works… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For “what the soul is to the body of man,” Saint Augustine was to write, “that the Holy Spirit is to the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart.… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Saint Augustine consolingly codified unhappiness as an immutable feature of existence, part of "the wretchedness of man's situation," and poured scorn on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself. — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“When I read Saint Augustine’s writings, I do not get the impression that he is a man who died more or less… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
