It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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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.
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You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
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Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Truth is not private property.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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God gives where he finds empty hands.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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