Quotes from St. Augustine
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.
- St. Augustine
Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.
- St. Augustine
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
- St. Augustine
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
- St. Augustine
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.
- St. Augustine
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
- St. Augustine
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
- St. Augustine
Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
- St. Augustine
Understanding is the reward of faith.
- St. Augustine
Singing is a lover's thing.
- St. Augustine
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
- St. Augustine
Seek not to understand that thou mayest believe but believe that thou mayest understand.
- St. Augustine