Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, Blessed Augustine, and the Doctor of Grace, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius, located in Numidia. He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions...
ProfessionSaint
heart desire satisfied
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
philosophical evil firsts
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
love
I was in love with loving.
pain evil physical-pain
The greatest evil is physical pain.
philosophical men perfection
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
philosophical sins-not forsaken
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
baptized-in baptism fonts
For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.
funny witty philosophical
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
wish misery habit
Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.
love heart heaven
My love for you, Lord, is not an uncertain feeling, but a matter of concious certainty. With your word you pierced my heart, and I loved you. But heaven and earth and everything in them on all sides tell me to love you.
heart restless restless-heart
Our heart is restless until it rests in You.
philosophical punishment justice
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
wisdom fake-people humility
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
saint ifs
What do you possess if you possess not God?