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Saint Augustine Quotes


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Saint Augustine
November 13, 354 - August 28, 430
Category: Saint

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

   

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

   

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

   

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

   

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.

   

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

   

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.

    Topics: Friendship

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

   

To seek the highest good is to live well.

   

Love, and do what you like.

   

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

   

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

   

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

    Topics: Love Is

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

   

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

   

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

   

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

   

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

   

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

   

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

   

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