Quotes from St. Augustine
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
- St. Augustine
People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.
- St. Augustine
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
- St. Augustine
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
- St. Augustine
Rome has spoken; the case is closed.
- St. Augustine
It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels.
- St. Augustine
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
- St. Augustine
God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.
- St. Augustine
Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self.
- St. Augustine
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
- St. Augustine
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.
- St. Augustine
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
- St. Augustine