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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/he-was-not-utterly-unskilled-in-handling-his-own-lack-of-training-and/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

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## More by St. Augustine of Hippo

> [“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/the-mind-commands-the-body-and-is-instantly-obeyed-the-mind-commands/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“You are not the mind itself. For You are the Lord God of the mind. All these things are liable to change, but You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/you-are-not-the-mind-itself-for-you-are-the-lord-god-of-the-mind-all/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance – You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/i-inquired-what-wickedness-is-and-i-didn-t-find-a-substance-but-a/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“I know well enough what it is, provided that nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is and try to explain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/i-know-well-enough-what-it-is-provided-that-nobody-asks-me-but-if-i/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Further, all men are to be loved equally. But since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/further-all-men-are-to-be-loved-equally-but-since-you-cannot-do-good/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/belatedly-i-loved-thee-o-beauty-so-ancient-and-so-new-belatedly-i/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/i-probably-felt-more-resentment-for-what-i-personally-was-to-suffer/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/theft-is-punished-by-your-law-o-lord-and-by-the-law-written-in-men-s/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/understanding-is-the-reward-of-faith-therefore-seek-not-to-understand/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Desiderium sinus cordis”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/desiderium-sinus-cordis/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Inter faeces et urinam nascimur. (We are born between shit and piss.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/inter-faeces-et-urinam-nascimur-we-are-born-between-shit-and-piss/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/when-it-happens-that-i-am-more-moved-by-the-song-than-the-thing-which/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/late-have-i-loved-you-beauty-so-old-and-so-new-late-have-i-loved-you/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/why-then-do-i-set-before-you-an-ordered-account-of-so-many-things-it/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/and-men-go-abroad-to-admire-the-heights-of-mountains-the-mighty-waves/)

[St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/)

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