858 Quotes by Saint Augustine

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.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Poetry is devil's wine.

If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.

The mind commands the mind to will, and yet, though it be itself, it minds not. What is this monstrous thing? And why is it?

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not evil. All these are good; it is evil men who make this evil world.