Quotes of St. Augustine Of Hippo - somelinesforyou

“ To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19) ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ If you understood him, it would not be God. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But at that time I was determined not to put up with badly behaved people more out of my own interest than because I wanted them to become good people. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But at that time I was determined not to put up with badly behaved people more out of my own interest than because I wanted them to become good people. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ So if you can manage it, you shouldnt touch your partner, except for the sake of having children. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ He who created you without you will not justify you without you. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ He who created you without you will not justify you without you. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ The good Christian should beware of astrologers. The danger already exists that astrologers have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ The good Christian should beware of astrologers. The danger already exists that astrologers have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ So if you can manage it, you shouldnt touch your partner, except for the sake of having children. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ So if you can manage it, you shouldnt touch your partner, except for the sake of having children. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Thou hast made us for Thyself, and the heart never resteth till it findeth rest in Thee. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo
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