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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe, that thou mayest understand.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were secretly mocking them in the very acts by which they amused themselves in mocking and making fools of others.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
By Saint Augustine of Hippo