Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
SAINT AUGUSTINEPatience is the companion of wisdom.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
-
-
God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
He that is jealous is not in love.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
Hope 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 AUGUSTINE -
Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
If you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
God gives where he finds empty hands.
SAINT AUGUSTINE