858 Quotes by Saint Augustine

We who preach and write, do so in a manner different from which the Scriptures have been written. We write while we make progress.We learn something new every day. We speak as we still knock for understanding...If anyone criticizes me when I have said what is right, he does me an injustice. But I would be more angry with the one who praises me and takes what I have written for Gospel truth than I would be with the one who criticizes me unfairly.

It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.

Free curiosity is of more value than harsh discipline.

The diversity of language alienates man from man

Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time.

When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.

Hear, O God. Alas, for man's sin! So saith man, and Thou pitiest him; for Thou madest him, but sin is in him Thou madest not. Who remindeth me of the sins of my infancy? for in Thy sight none is pure from sin, not even the infant whose life is but a day upon the earth.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.