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.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man.
We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
What do you possess if you possess not God?
Do not follow any road, but that which Christ trod. This road seems hard, but it is safe.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.
Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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.
We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don't you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion.
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.
Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin.
