858 Quotes by Saint Augustine

Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity.

So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to think through what they say but merely to speak, just so long as they contradict our arguments in any way they can.

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.

Things are solved by walking around.

Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor.

Anger is a weed; hate is a tree

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.

Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.