Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
SAINT AUGUSTINEBad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
SAINT AUGUSTINEFor what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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 AUGUSTINEIn the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
SAINT AUGUSTINEWhere your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
SAINT AUGUSTINEThe punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
SAINT AUGUSTINETrust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
SAINT AUGUSTINEIt is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
SAINT AUGUSTINELove has reasons that reason knows not.
SAINT AUGUSTINEDo not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
SAINT AUGUSTINESince love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHe who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
SAINT AUGUSTINESymbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
SAINT AUGUSTINEWe speak, but it is God who teaches.
SAINT AUGUSTINESome people, in order to discover God, read books.
SAINT AUGUSTINE