Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
SAINT AUGUSTINELord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIf you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhat are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
SAINT AUGUSTINESymbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe measure of love is to love without measure.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove 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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHe loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINETake 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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIn my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHumility 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.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhen God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
SAINT AUGUSTINE