God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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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 measure of love is to love without measure.
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We speak, but it is God who teaches.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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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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Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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