Quotes from Saint Augustine

To sing is to pray twice.

Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man

Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.

The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.

Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.

Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

Never judge a philosophy by its abuse.

Where love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.

He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil.

Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves.

Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.

God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.

God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them.

To touch God a little with our mind is a great blessing, to grasp him is impossible.

For where I found Truth, there found I my God, the Truth itself; which since I learnt, I have not forgotten.

God gives where he finds empty hands.

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.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

What do you possess if you possess not God?