Quotes by
Saint Augustine |
Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 , Christian theologian & philosopher
Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa. Among his most important works are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.
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Quotations
| • | The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king. 24 |
| • | God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail. 23 |
| • | An unjust law is no law at all. 11 |
| • | He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent. 10 |
| • | If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. 8 |
| • | 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. 8 |
| • | The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself. 8 |
| • | Love the sinner and hate the sin. 6 |
| • | Give me chastity and continence, but not right now. 5 |
| • | It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. 5 |
| • | Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you. 5 |
| • | The Heavenly City outshines Rome, beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity. 4 |
| • | As the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul. Therefore, as the body perishes when the soul leaves it, so the soul dies when God departs from it. 4 |
| • | The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. 4 |
| • | Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? 4 |
| • | I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.” 3 |
| • | But because I do it with a small ship, I am called a pirate, whilst you, who do it with a great fleet, you are an emperor. (words of a pirate to Alexander the Great) 3 |
| • | Do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe in order to understand. 2 |
| • | To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal. 2 |
| • | Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. 2 |
Latin Quotes
| • | Patience is the companion of wisdom. Patientia comes est sapientiae. 76 |
| • | All good from God, all evil from man. Omne bonum a Deo, omne malum ab homine. 60 |
| • | Heart talks to heart. Cor ad cor loquitur. 57 |
