To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Saint Augustine

To seek the highest good is to live well.
Saint Augustine

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Saint Augustine

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
Saint Augustine

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
Saint Augustine

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

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Saint Augustine

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
Saint Augustine

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
Saint Augustine