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
despairing god knowledge man senseless suffer understanding
God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless
love-is unconditional gods-love
God's love is unconditional. Be sure that yours is too!
spirit god-love holy
Without the Spirit we can neither love God nor keep His commandments.
godly thinking imagine
God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.
christian christian-inspirational gods-will
Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not
trust-in-god about-yourself
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
love god jesus
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
god love-is spirituality
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
god faith falling-in-love
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
god ifs
If you comprehend, it is not God.
god
He pleaseth God whom God pleaseth.
god soul body
As the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul. As therefore the body perishes when the soul leaves it, so the soul dies when God departs from it.
god faith hope
Every infinity... is made finite to God.
god philosophical lord
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.