Saint Augustine Quotes

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
Saint Augustine

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
Saint Augustine

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
Saint Augustine

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Saint Augustine

Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Saint Augustine

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Saint Augustine

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
Saint Augustine

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Saint Augustine

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
Saint Augustine

The greatest evil is physical pain.
Saint Augustine

The purpose of all wars, is peace.
Saint Augustine

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
Saint Augustine

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Saint Augustine

There is no possible source of evil except good.
Saint Augustine

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
Saint Augustine

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Saint Augustine

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
Saint Augustine

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint Augustine

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
Saint Augustine

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Saint Augustine Quotes

Type: Saint Quotes Date of Birth: November 13, 354 Date of Death: August 28, 430 Find on Amazon: Saint Augustine Related Authors: Francis of Assisi Saint Teresa of Avila Saint Teresa Saint Patrick Saint Ambrose Edith Stein Saint Ignatius St. Jerome	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. Saint Augustine Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. Saint Augustine Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act. Saint Augustine Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Saint Augustine Punishment is justice for the unjust. Saint Augustine Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. Saint Augustine Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. Saint Augustine The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. Saint Augustine The greatest evil is physical pain. Saint Augustine The purpose of all wars, is peace. Saint Augustine The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. Saint Augustine The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Saint Augustine There is no possible source of evil except good. Saint Augustine There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. Saint Augustine This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. Saint Augustine Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. Saint Augustine Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. Saint Augustine To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. Saint Augustine 1 - 2 - 3 - 4