Character Quote by Augustine of Hippo

“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

“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand”

— Augustine of Hippo

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of the faith is to see what we believe.”

— Augustine of Hippo