“He was not utterly unskilled in handling his own lack of training, and he refused to be rashly drawn into a controversy about those matters from which there would be no exit nor easy way of retreat. This was an… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.” — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“You are not the mind itself. For You are the Lord God of the mind. All these things are liable to change, but You… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance – You… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“I know well enough what it is, provided that nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is and try to explain,… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Further, all men are to be loved equally. But since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without,… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Theft is punished by Your law, O Lord, and by the law written in men's hearts, which iniquity itself cannot blot out. For what… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Inter faeces et urinam nascimur. (We are born between shit and piss.)” — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin in a… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“Why, then, do I set before You an ordered account of so many things? it's certainly not through me that You know them. But… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
“And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share
