saint augustine Quotes 1
| Name | Birthday | Death Date | Nationality | father | Mother | Profession | Famous For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Augustine | November 13, 354 AD | August 28, 430 AD | Algerian | Patricius Aurelius | Saint Monica | Physician, Writer, Philosopher | Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. |
A list of popular saint augustine quotes are given below.
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." - Saint 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
"Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?" - Saint Augustine
"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
"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." - Saint Augustine
"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility." - Saint Augustine
"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." - 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
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." - Saint Augustine
"O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams." - Saint Augustine
"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels." - Saint Augustine
"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain." - Saint Augustine
"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
"The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood." - Saint Augustine