858 Quotes by Saint Augustine

Singing is a lover's thing.

There is no salvation outside the church.

The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is to say, if they use freely and cheerfully what they have received, He will add to and perfect His gifts.

There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother.

A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according to God, by Whom the world itself was made; for he is warned by the precept of the apostle and faithfully hears what has been said, 'Beware that no one deceive you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the elements of the world'

Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.

There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.