Saint Augustine
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A Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings have had a profound influence on Western Christianity and philosophy. His works, particularly his "Confessions" and "The City of God," address themes such as grace, free will, and the nature of God. His spiritual journey from a life of excess to one of deep faith and devotion serves as an inspiring example of personal transformation, shaping Christian thought for centuries.
Saint Augustine
Quotes
A Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings have had a profound influence on Western Christianity and philosophy. His works, particularly his "Confessions" and "The City of God," address themes such as grace, free will, and the nature of God. His spiritual journey from a life of excess to one of deep faith and devotion serves as an inspiring example of personal transformation, shaping Christian thought for centuries.
Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
To sing is to pray twice.
If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
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.
What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.
No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.
It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud.
Love and say it with your life.
One loving heart sets another on fire.
The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
God gives where he finds empty hands.
Understanding is the wages of faith.
Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
You don't love in your enemies what they are, but what you would have them become by your prayers.
Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves.
Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Love God, and do what you like.
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
