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Saint Augustine

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine world
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
— Saint Augustine faith
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
— Saint Augustine love
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine change
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
— Saint Augustine art
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
— Saint Augustine humility
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
— Saint Augustine stars
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
— Saint Augustine you
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
— Saint Augustine love
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
— Saint Augustine time
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
— Saint Augustine soul
Love is the beauty of the soul.
— Saint Augustine beauty
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
— Saint Augustine love
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
— Saint Augustine love
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
— Saint Augustine desire
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
— Saint Augustine justice
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
— Saint Augustine friends
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
— Saint Augustine friend
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
— Saint Augustine self
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
— Saint Augustine grace
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
— Saint Augustine wisdom
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
— Saint Augustine art
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
— Saint Augustine beautiful
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
— Saint Augustine words
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
— Saint Augustine believe
Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
— Saint Augustine faith
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine men

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