--- title: "19 St Augustine Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 19 St Augustine quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best St Augustine sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/mary-oliver-570_augustine_things-take-the-time-they-take-don-t-wor_1215197.jpg" --- > [Things take the time they take. don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/things-take-the-time-they-take-don-t-worry-how-many-roads-did-st/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/mary-oliver-570_augustine_things-take-the-time-they-take-don-t-wor_1215197.jpg) > [“ Solvitur ambulando , St. Augustine said. It is solved by walking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kelly/solvitur-ambulando-st-augustine-said-it-is-solved-by-walking/) [Laura Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/laura-kelly-25942_walking_solvitur-ambulando-st-augustine-said-it_1076779.jpg) > [“God loves each of us as if there is only one of us. St. Augustine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-malena/god-loves-each-of-us-as-if-there-is-only-one-of-us-st-augustine/) Karen Malena [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/karen-malena-111035_augustine_god-loves-each-of-us-as-if-there-is-only_1622062.jpg) > [“as St Augustine put it, was man a mere child playing in the rock pools of a beach ignoring the great ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-doherty/as-st-augustine-put-it-was-man-a-mere-child-playing-in-the-rock-pools/) [Paul Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/paul-doherty-48813_augustine_as-st-augustine-put-it-was-man-a-mere-ch_2884451.jpg) > [“The World is a book and those who do not travel read only a page' St. Augustine of Hippo”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-joseph/the-world-is-a-book-and-those-who-do-not-travel-read-only-a-page-st/) Monica Joseph [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/monica-joseph-264192_augustine_the-world-is-a-book-and-those-who-do-not_632541.jpg) > [Holy Christendom has, in my judgment, no better teacher after the apostles than St. Augustine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/holy-christendom-has-in-my-judgment-no-better-teacher-after-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/martin-luther-106_apostles_holy-christendom-has-in-my-judgment-no-b_1987034.jpg) > [“He who knows how to pray well, knows how to live well. —St. Augustine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-n-calvillo/he-who-knows-how-to-pray-well-knows-how-to-live-well-st-augustine/) David N. Calvillo [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/david-n-calvillo-231421_live-well_he-who-knows-how-to-pray-well-knows-how_1719314.jpg) > [“Hence we should all make St. Augustine's prayer our own: "Lord, here cut, here burn and spare me not, but spare me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonsus-maria-de-liguori/hence-we-should-all-make-st-augustine-s-prayer-our-own-lord-here-cut/) [Alphonsus Maria de Liguori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonsus-maria-de-liguori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/alphonsus-maria-de-liguori-570_prayer_hence-we-should-all-make-st-augustine-s_607263.jpg) > [“When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-catholic-church/when-i-am-completely-united-to-you-there-will-be-no-more-sorrow-or/) [The Catholic Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-catholic-church/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/the-catholic-church-41502_catholic_when-i-am-completely-united-to-you-there_91288.jpg) > [Nothing can express the aim and meaning of our work better than the profound words of St. Augustine - 'Beauty is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/nothing-can-express-the-aim-and-meaning-of-our-work-better-than-the/) [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe-7536_aim_nothing-can-express-the-aim-and-meaning_1278339.jpg) > [“St. Augustine is reported to have said, “God, this is the only problem for me: whatsoever I think is worth doing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osho/st-augustine-is-reported-to-have-said-god-this-is-the-only-problem/) [Osho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/osho-519_quote_st-augustine-is-reported-to-have-said-go_495952.jpg) > ['You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josemaria-escriva/you-told-me-father-that-after-my-past-life-it-is-still-possible-to/) [Josemaria Escriva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josemaria-escriva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/josemaria-escriva-10492_augustine_you-told-me-father-that-after-my-past-li_2493821.jpg) > [I'm not the first Christian to have a fruity past. I hesitate to compare myself to St Augustine or St Paul, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-coles/i-m-not-the-first-christian-to-have-a-fruity-past-i-hesitate-to/) [Richard Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-coles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/richard-coles-14161_christian_i-m-not-the-first-christian-to-have-a-fr_2842436.jpg) > [“The mind believes what it sees and does what it believes; that is the secret of fascination. And in his book, St…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-artaud/the-mind-believes-what-it-sees-and-does-what-it-believes-that-is-the/) [Antonin Artaud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-artaud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/antonin-artaud-3802_books_the-mind-believes-what-it-sees-and-does_2959701.png) > [Here was St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. How to build a hotel to meet the requirements of nineteenth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-flagler/here-was-st-augustine-the-oldest-city-in-the-united-states-how-to/) Henry Flagler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/henry-flagler-63930_america_here-was-st-augustine-the-oldest-city-in_983228.png) > [“St. Augustine wrote something once, something I think about often,” he said. “ ‘God triumphs on the ruins of our plans.’ And maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/st-augustine-wrote-something-once-something-i-think-about-often-he/) [Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/anne-rice-238_augustine_st-augustine-wrote-something-once-someth_177486.jpg) > [“No single theologian writing in Greek or Syriac in the patristic period exercised an influence in the Christian East comparable to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bentley-hart/no-single-theologian-writing-in-greek-or-syriac-in-the-patristic/) [David Bentley Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bentley-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/david-bentley-hart-4691_apologist_no-single-theologian-writing-in-greek-or_2295955.png) > [“Liberal politics is based on the idea that the voters know best, and there is no need for Big Brother to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/liberal-politics-is-based-on-the-idea-that-the-voters-know-best-and/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_liberal-politics-is-based-on-the-idea-th_3039151.jpg) > [“My father was a man of iron will. He had a red beard and eyes like caves. He married my mother sensibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-nye/my-father-was-a-man-of-iron-will-he-had-a-red-beard-and-eyes-like/) Robert Nye [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/robert-nye-106931_conception_my-father-was-a-man-of-iron-will-he-had_2938016.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/st-augustine/#itemlist", "name": "St Augustine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Things take the time they take. don't worry. 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We make blunders, we make mistakes, and somehow new doors open, new possibilities arise, opportunities of which we’ve never dreamed.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Rice" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/st-augustine-wrote-something-once-something-i-think-about-often-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/anne-rice-238_augustine_st-augustine-wrote-something-once-someth_177486.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/anne-rice-238_augustine_st-augustine-wrote-something-once-someth_177486.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/anne-rice-238_augustine_st-augustine-wrote-something-once-someth_177486.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“St. Augustine wrote something once, something I think about often,” he said. “ ‘God triumphs on the ruins of…” — Anne Rice", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No single theologian writing in Greek or Syriac in the patristic period exercised an influence in the Christian East comparable to that exercised in the West by the great North African St Augustine of Hippo (354–430), a man whose restless originality, philosophical sophistication, literary genius and sheer intellectual power set him apart not only from his contemporaries but from all but a very few other theologians. 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Liberal economics is based on the idea that the customer is always right. Liberal art declares that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Students in liberal schools and universities are taught to think for themselves. Commercials urge us to ‘Just do it.’ Action films, stage dramas, soap operas, novels and catchy pop songs indoctrinate us constantly: ‘Be true to yourself’, ‘Listen to yourself’, ‘Follow your heart’. Jean-Jacques Rousseau stated this view most classically: ‘What I feel to be good – is good. What I feel to be bad – is bad.’ People who have been raised from infancy on a diet of such slogans are prone to believe that happiness is a subjective feeling and that each individual best knows whether she is happy or miserable. Yet this view is unique to liberalism. Most religions and ideologies throughout history stated that there are objective yardsticks for goodness and beauty, and for how things ought to be. They were suspicious of the feelings and preferences of the ordinary person. At the entrance of the temple of Apollo at Delphi, pilgrims were greeted by the inscription: ‘Know thyself!’ The implication was that the average person is ignorant of his true self, and is therefore likely to be ignorant of true happiness. Freud would probably concur.fn1 And so would Christian theologians. St Paul and St Augustine knew perfectly well that if you asked people about it, most of them would prefer to have sex than pray to God. Does that prove that having sex is the key to happiness? Not according to Paul and Augustine. It proves only that humankind is sinful by nature, and that people are easily seduced by Satan. From a Christian viewpoint, the vast majority of people are in more or less the same situation as heroin addicts. Imagine that a psychologist embarks on a study of happiness among drug users. He polls them and finds that they declare, every single one of them, that they are only happy when they shoot up. Would the psychologist publish a paper declaring that heroin is the key to happiness? The idea that feelings are not to be trusted is not restricted to Christianity. At least when it comes to the value of feelings, even Darwin and Dawkins might find common ground with St Paul and St Augustine. According to the selfish gene theory, natural selection makes people, like other organisms, choose what is good for the reproduction of their genes, even if it is bad for them as individuals. Most males spend their lives toiling, worrying, competing and fighting, instead of enjoying peaceful bliss, because their DNA manipulates them for its own selfish aims. 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If ever widow woman blushed then my mother blushed hot when she saw my father unbuttoned above her in the moonlight. 'My womb,' she says, 'is empty.' My father engages the key in the lock. It is well-oiled. He turns and enters and makes himself at home. 'I have been told,' he says, 'that any true woman,' he says, 'childless,' he adds, 'who lies,' he says, 'on the Cerne giant, - my father takes a shuddering juddering breath - 'conceives without fail,' he explains. My father goes on, without need of saying. It is sixty yards if it is an inch from the top to the toe of the giant of Cerne Abbas. The creature's club alone must be every bit of forty yards. 'O Gog,' says my mother eventually. 'O Gog, O Gog, O Gog.' 'I do believe,' says my father, 'Magog.' Now, in the moment of my conception, as a star falls into my mother's left eye, as the wind catches its breath, as the little hills skip for joy, and the moon hides her face behind a cloud - a bit of local history. When St Augustine came calling in those parts the people of Cerne tied a tail to his coat and whipped him out of their valley. The saint was furious. He got down on his knees and prayed to God to give tails to all the children that were born in Dorset. 'Right,' said the Omnipotence. This went on, tails, tails, tails, tails, until the folk regretted their pagan manners. When they expressed their regret, St Austin came back and founded the abbey, calling it Cernal because he was soon seeing his visions there - from the Latin, 'cerno', I see, and the Hebrew, 'El, God. That's enough history. 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