Saint Augustine Quotes

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• O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in…
• Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.
• Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should…
• Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have…
• Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who…
• I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within
• By means of corporal and temporal things we may comprehend the eternal and the spiritual.
• He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it…
• O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your salvation. Say it so that I can…
• The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life,…
• Believe that you may understand,
• A brotherly person rejoices on my account when he approves me, but when he disapproves, he is loving me. To such people I will reveal…
• There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was…
• If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will...
• The argument is at an end.
• Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not
• The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed.
• It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem…
• Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen. He either permits it to happen, or He brings it about Himself.
• Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

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