Quotes from St. Augustine

There is no salvation outside the church.

And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth? is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain thee?

So if you can manage it, you shouldn't touch your partner, except for the sake of having children.

For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.

The good Christian should beware of astrologers. The danger already exists that astrologers have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.

So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.

The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.

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

I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.

I will pass then beyond this power of my nature also, rising by degrees unto Him Who made me.

In a word, human kingdoms are established by divine providence. And if any one attributes their existence to fate, because he calls the will or the power of God itself by the name of fate, let him keep his opinion, but correct his language.

We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God.