57 Saint Augustine Quotes for You to Enjoy

Saint Augustine

Saint

Born: 354

Died: 430

Evil Good Me Our Will You

Related authors: Francis of Assisi Joan of Arc Mother Teresa Pope John Paul II Saint Ambrose Saint Ignatius Saint Teresa of Avila St. Jerome

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. Saint Augustine

Wisdom Habit Soon Becomes Necessity Resisted

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

Good Confession Evil First Beginning Good Works Works

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. Saint Augustine

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act. Saint Augustine

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. Saint Augustine

Easier Total Perfect Abstinence Than Moderation Many

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. Saint Augustine

Forgiveness Lost Saved Has-Been Remission Been Sins Being Again Found

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. Saint Augustine

Life Good Live Also Times Lives

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. Saint Augustine

Time Me Wish No-One Know Him Explain Ask Then Who

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. Saint Augustine

Heart Humility Something Which Strangely

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. Saint Augustine

Prayer Will Longing Thy Also Without Continuance Prayers Your Desire

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

Friendship Me Long My Friend Miss Him Friend Want

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. Saint Augustine

Me Give Give Me Chastity Lord Oh

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is. Saint Augustine

Thoughts Experience Vision Light Mind Out Find Attained Glance Thus Withdrew Itself Contradictory Flash Wherein Which Might Images

Love, and do what you like. Saint Augustine

Love You Like

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. Saint Augustine

Spiritual Light Virtue Sacrament Like Although Passes Impure Polluted Among

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

Evil King Free Though Kind He Slave

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. Saint Augustine

Thou Wilt Command Then Grant

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. Saint Augustine

Duty Nothing More Simply Him Does Due His Eulogy Who

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

You Experience Words Must Through Concepts Printed Go Experiences Here

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. Saint Augustine

Cause Punishment Martyr Makes

There is no possible source of evil except good. Saint Augustine

Good Evil Possible Except Source

He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. Saint Augustine

Hell Inquisitive He

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