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...
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Saint Augustine quotes about
desire disposition temperance
Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.
fighting temptation suffering
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things.
honor worship praise
Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.
order grace done
For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.
happiness heart optimism
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness
beauty ancient
Oh, beauty, ever ancient and ever new.
omnipotence giving riches
God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.
faith christian inspiration
The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.
inspirational nature philosophical
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
philosophical believe men
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
sin christ adore
We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
lord sincere steadfast
He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.
inspirational faith spiritual
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
heart humble light
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity. Enter again into yourself.