“Saviour had not styled us the sugar but the salt of the earth,” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“We are inflamed, by Thy Gift we are kindled; and are carried upwards; we glow inwardly, and go forwards. We ascend Thy ways that… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“So it falls out that in this world, in evil days like these, the Church walks onward like a wayfarer stricken by the world's… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Pride is the beginning of sin. And what is pride but the craving for undue exaltation? And this is undue exaltation - when the… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Variation on the middle sentence: A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Run to and fro everywhere, holy fires, beautiful fires; for you are the light of the world, nor are you put under a bushel.… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Let Him do what pleases Him; let Him disclose Himself when it pleases Him! I now commit myself wholly to His care and clemency.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“and even now we labor in our residual gloom, until in your only Son we become your righteousness; for that righteousness is like God's… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury. Moreover, a people becomes avaricious and luxurious… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of the faith is to see what we believe.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“For instantly, as the sentence ended, there was infused in my heart something like the light of full certainty and all the gloom of… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“If, on the contrary, they hear from you about themselves, they will be in no position to say, “The Lord is lying.” Is hearing… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
