Saint Augustine Quotes

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• Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?
• For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?
• Woman was merely man's helpmate, a function which pertains to her alone. She is not the image of God but as far as man is…
• Woman does not possess the image of God in herself but only when taken together with the male who is her head, so that the…
• It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the…
• What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
• Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name…
• For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'And the angel that spoke in me, said to me...' He does not say,…
• Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel.
• Let our lives be good, and the times are good. We make our times; such as we are, such are the times.
• Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh…
• Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways…
• Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary
• The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word. The chalice, or…
• On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what…
• I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!
• Everyone who observes himself doubting observes a truth, and about that which he observes he is certain; therefore he is certain about a truth. Everyone…
• Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like…
• The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.
• Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with…

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