Augustine Quote by Marie Clair

From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

St. Augustine explicitly warns against a very narrow perspective that will put our faith at risk of looking ridiculous. If you step back from…

— Richard Dawkins

For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood…

— Coretta Scott King

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, then the path must…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The earliest religious texts in the West ascribe to humankind both a prehistory and a destiny among the gods. M. David Litwa presents a…

— Terryl L. Givens

“St. Augustine wrote something once, something I think about often,” he said. “ ‘God triumphs on the ruins of our plans.’ And maybe that is…

— Anne Rice

St. Augustine teaches us that there is in each man a Serpent, an Eve, and an Adam. Our senses and natural propensities are the…

— Blaise Pascal

Augustine says that we may, out of our dead sins, make stepping stones to rise to the heights of perfection. What did he mean…

— James Stalker

“I have become an enigma to myself. So said Saint Augustine. And herein lies my sickness.”

— Don DeLillo

People are mostly sane enough, of course, in the affairs of common life: the getting of food, shelter, and so on. But the moment…

— David Stove

Patience is the companion of wisdom. --Saint Augustine

— Saint Augustine