Augustine of Hippo, known as Saint Augustine, was a Roman African, Manichaean, early Christian theologian, doctor of the Church, and Neoplatonic philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of the Western Church and Western philosophy, and indirectly all of Western Christianity. Profoundly inspirational Saint Augustine quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
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Famous Saint Augustine Quotes
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Saint Augustine of Hippo
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. St. Augustine
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. Saint Augustine of Hippo
Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. Augustine of Hippo
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. Saint Augustine of Hippo
I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving. Augustine of Hippo
Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you. Saint Augustine of Hippo
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. St. Augustine of Hippo
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. Saint Augustine of Hippo
Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. Saint Augustine
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. Saint Augustine of Hippo
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. Augustine of Hippo
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine of Hippo
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. St. Augustine
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. Saint Augustine of Hippo
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. Augustine
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. Saint Augustine of Hippo
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. St. Augustine of Hippo
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Saint Augustine of Hippo
The measure of love is to love without measure. Augustine of Hippo
Love, and do what you like. Saint Augustine of Hippo
The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder. St. Augustine of Hippo
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. Saint Augustine of Hippo
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love. St. Augustine
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Saint Augustine of Hippo
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. St. Augustine of Hippo
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. Saint Augustine of Hippo
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. Augustine of Hippo
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. Saint Augustine of Hippo
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. St. Augustine of Hippo
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 of Hippo
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. Augustine of Hippo
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 the way they are. Saint Augustine of Hippo
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Saint Augustine
We speak, but it is God who teaches. St Augustine
Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. St. Augustine
Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ and all for your love’s sake. St Augustine
Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that? Augustine of Hippo
If you understood him, it would not be God. St Augustine
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. St. Augustin
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. St Augustine
God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them. St. Augustine
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all. St Augustine
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. Saint Augustine
Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and thou heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. St Augustine
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. St. Augustine of Hippo
Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul’s joy and delight. St Augustine
Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours. St. Augustine of Hippo
Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you. St Augustine
How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity. St. Augustine of Hippo
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. Oh Lord, give me chastity but do not give it yet. St Augustine
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all. Augustine
The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them. St Augustine
You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run. St. Augustine of Hippo
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. St Augustine
The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them. St. Augustine of Hippo
You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness. St Augustine
I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. St. Augustine of Hippo
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail. St Augustine
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. Saint Augustine
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. St Augustine
There can only be two basic loves the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God. St. Augustine
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist. St Augustine
For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall? Saint Augustine of Hippo
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. St Augustine
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Augustine of Hippo
God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them. St Augustine
I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then the soul becomes aware of the misery which is its actual condition even before it loses them. St. Augustine of Hippo
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent. St Augustine
Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you and behold you were with me all the time. Saint Augustine
There can only be two basic loves the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God. St Augustine
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness. Saint Augustine
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. St Augustine
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue. St. Augustine of Hippo
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful, but I have never read in either of them Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. St Augustine
You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness. St. Augustine of Hippo
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? St Augustine
You called and shouted and burst my deafness. You flashed, shone, and scattered my blindness. You breathed odors, and I drew in breath and panted for You. I tasted, and I hunger and thirst. You touched me, and I burned for Your peace. Augustine of Hippo
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. St Augustine
No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him. Let me, then, confess what I know about myself, and confess too what I do not know, because what I know of myself I know only because you shed light on me, and what I do not know I shall remain ignorant about until my darkness becomes like bright noon before your face. Augustine of Hippo
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. St Augustine
Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you. St. Augustine
Patience is the companion of wisdom. St Augustine
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. St Augustine
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist. St. Augustine
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. St Augustine
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell. Saint Augustine
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. St Augustine
Does God proclaim Himself in the wonders of creation? No. All things proclaim Him, all things speak. Their beauty is the voice by which they announce God, by which they sing, It is you who made me beautiful, not me myself but you. Augustine of Hippo
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. St Augustine
