Augustine Quotes

47 quotes by 43 authors

"Happy he that knows Thee, even if he knows nothing else," says St. Augustine. If we knew all the sciences and knew not how to… — Alphonsus Liguori
I often think . . . that the bookstores that will save civilization are not online, nor on campuses, nor named Borders, Barnes & Noble,… — James V. Schall
But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned.… — R C Sproul
Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and… — Karen Armstrong
Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself. — Vincent de Paul
The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it. When we ask… — Henry David Thoreau
Here was St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. How to build a hotel to meet the requirements of nineteenth century America and… — Henry Flagler
Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. — Joni Mitchell
Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those… — Saint Augustine
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? — Marguerite Young
The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to… — Derek Jarman
The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid.... I'd… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Things take the time they take. don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine? — Mary Oliver
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion… — James Anthony Froude
You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't… — Pat Robertson
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins. — Anatole France
The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine. — Thomas Aquinas
Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He only who created… — Robin Jones Gunn

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