Augustine of Hippo quotes - page 2

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. (Augustine of Hippo)
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. View quote
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Love, and do what you like. View quote
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The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a king. View quote
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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. View quote
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. View quote
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People travel to wonder at the height 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 motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. View quote
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. View quote
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He that is jealous is not in love. View quote
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Patience is the companion of wisdom. View quote
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. (Augustine of Hippo)
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. View quote
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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. View quote
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I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me. View quote
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. View quote
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent. View quote
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. View quote
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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. View quote
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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. View quote
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. View quote
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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. (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 circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. View quote
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. View quote
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. View quote
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. View quote
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