Quotes from St. Augustine
The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.
- St. Augustine
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
- St. Augustine
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
- St. Augustine
Nothing so casts down the manly mind from it's height as the fondling of women and those bodily contacts which belong to the married state.
- St. Augustine
Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
- St. Augustine
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
- St. Augustine
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, do not accept, as you may lose a friend.
- St. Augustine
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
- St. Augustine
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
- St. Augustine
Charity is the root of all good works.
- St. Augustine
Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.
- St. Augustine
Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.
- St. Augustine