Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINESin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod gives where he finds empty hands.
SAINT AUGUSTINETo sing is to pray twice.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHe loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
SAINT AUGUSTINESymbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINETwo criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWithout God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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 AUGUSTINEYou are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
SAINT AUGUSTINE