If you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINEPatience is the companion of wisdom.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
SAINT AUGUSTINESymbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHope 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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIt is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
SAINT AUGUSTINETwo criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIt’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhere your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
SAINT AUGUSTINEDo what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHe who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
SAINT AUGUSTINE