Quotes from Saint Augustine

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Never judge a philosophy by its abuse

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.

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

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.

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

Rome has spoken; the case is closed.

It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

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

Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

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.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give what you command, and command what you will.

If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.