Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Quotes from St. Augustine

“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.”

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

“Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.”

“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”

“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.”

“If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.”

“And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.”

“The measure of love is to love without measure.”

“In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.”

“God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.”

“The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.”

“The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page.”

“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”

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

“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”

“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.” 

- St. Augustine