“If, on the contrary, they hear from you about themselves, they will be in no position to say, “The Lord is lying.”… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“For no one should consider anything his own, except perhaps a lie, since all truth is from Him who said, "I am… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Of course, as everyone knows, neither my five books nor any five hundred books are sufficient to silence and pertinacity. It is… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Therefore, since we were too weak to find the truth by pure reason, and for that cause we needed the authority of… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“For, Thou art righteous, O Lord, but we have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and Thy hand is grown… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“But it must not be supposed that folly is as powerful as truth, just because it can, if it likes, shout louder… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“But my sin was this, that I looked for pleasure, beauty, and truth not in [God] but in myself and his other… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“For in truth lust is made out of a perverse will, and when lust is served, it becomes habit, and when habit… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Among us, on the other hand, 'the righteous man lives by faith.' Now, if you take away positive affirmation, you take away… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“A person who is a good and true Christian should realize that truth belongs to his Lord, wherever it is found, gathering… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Is truth then a nothing, simply because it is not spread out through space either finite or infinite?" Then from afar you… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“...Since divine truth and scripture clearly teach us that God, the Creator of all things, is Wisdom, a true philosopher will be… — 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 Image
“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
