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Augustine Of Hippo quotes: 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) 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)
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you." -St. Augustine of Hippo Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you." -St. Augustine of Hippo
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: This experience sufficiently illuminates the truth that free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, This experience sufficiently illuminates the truth that free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless,
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The earthly city glories in itself, the Heavenly City glories in the Lord. The earthly city glories in itself, the Heavenly City glories in the Lord.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Embrace the love of God, and by love embrace God Embrace the love of God, and by love embrace God
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner. He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Habits, if not resisted, soon become necessity. Habits, if not resisted, soon become necessity.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence. Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: For this my good from them, was good for them. For this my good from them, was good for them.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Still, dust and ashes I am, allow me to speak before your mercy. Still, dust and ashes I am, allow me to speak before your mercy.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: This only I know, that woe is me except in Thee: not only without but within myself also; and all abundance, which is not my God, is emptiness to me. This only I know, that woe is me except in Thee: not only without but within myself also; and all abundance, which is not my God, is emptiness to me.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an Angel. Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an Angel.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Man cannot believe unless he wishes to. Man cannot believe unless he wishes to.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: HE THAT LOVETH LITTLE PRAYETH LITTLE, HE THAT LOVETH MUCH PRAYETH MUCH. HE THAT LOVETH LITTLE PRAYETH LITTLE, HE THAT LOVETH MUCH PRAYETH MUCH.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The promise of satisfaction in worldly loves is an enduring lie that moves the soul to unfaithfulness from its proper lover. We The promise of satisfaction in worldly loves is an enduring lie that moves the soul to unfaithfulness from its proper lover. We
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: I know well enough what it is, provided that nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is and try to explain, I am baffled. I know well enough what it is, provided that nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is and try to explain, I am baffled.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord. O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Hence a 'bishop' who has set his heart on a position of eminence rather than an opportunity for service should realize that he is no bishop. So Hence a 'bishop' who has set his heart on a position of eminence rather than an opportunity for service should realize that he is no bishop. So
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: What do I love when I love my God? What do I love when I love my God?
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: He who falls, falls by his own will; and he who stands, stands by God's will. He who falls, falls by his own will; and he who stands, stands by God's will.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Ignorance and stupidity are given the names of simplicity and innocence ... Idleness appears as desire for a quiet life. Ignorance and stupidity are given the names of simplicity and innocence ... Idleness appears as desire for a quiet life.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you. Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: No longer was he the man who had joined the crowd; he was now one of the crowd he had joined, and a genuine companion of those who had led No longer was he the man who had joined the crowd; he was now one of the crowd he had joined, and a genuine companion of those who had led him there.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he lives so as to make happiness impossible. Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he lives so as to make happiness impossible.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: A sense of Deity is inscribed on every heart. Nay, even idolatry is ample evidence of this fact. A sense of Deity is inscribed on every heart. Nay, even idolatry is ample evidence of this fact.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: I am no more than a child, but my Father lives for ever and I have a Protector great enough to save me. I am no more than a child, but my Father lives for ever and I have a Protector great enough to save me.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace. Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Indeed, the only cause of their [Rome] perishing was that they chose for their protectors gods condemned to perish. Indeed, the only cause of their [Rome] perishing was that they chose for their protectors gods condemned to perish.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: As the flattery of friends corrupts, so often do the taunts of enemies instruct. As the flattery of friends corrupts, so often do the taunts of enemies instruct.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Lavish spending cloaks the dark side of generosity Lavish spending cloaks the dark side of generosity
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light. I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: So too let him rejoice and delight in finding you who are beyond discovery rather than fail to find you by supposing you to be discoverable. So too let him rejoice and delight in finding you who are beyond discovery rather than fail to find you by supposing you to be discoverable.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The world is a great book ... they who never stir from home read only a page. The world is a great book ... they who never stir from home read only a page.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: 219Take up and read, take up and read. 219Take up and read, take up and read.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Why then should a man, who has done no wrong, do wrong to himself? Why then should a man, who has done no wrong, do wrong to himself?
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Miracles happen, not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to what we know of Nature. Miracles happen, not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to what we know of Nature.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: God has one Son without sin, but none without affliction. God has one Son without sin, but none without affliction.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The measure of love is to love without measure. The measure of love is to love without measure.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Sin, but sin boldly. Sin, but sin boldly.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: For in our hope we are saved. For in our hope we are saved.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Oh! for Thy mercies' sake, tell me, O Lord my God, what Thou art unto me. Oh! for Thy mercies' sake, tell me, O Lord my God, what Thou art unto me.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: No eulogy is due to a man who simply does his duty and nothing more. No eulogy is due to a man who simply does his duty and nothing more.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The peace of all things is the tranquillity of order. The peace of all things is the tranquillity of order.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place. Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Take up and read, take up and read. Take up and read, take up and read.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: My sin grew sleek on my excesses. My sin grew sleek on my excesses.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: I was still unteachable, being inflated with the novelty of heresy. I was still unteachable, being inflated with the novelty of heresy.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time ...
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: There are wolves within, and there are sheep without. There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: What you want to ignite in others must first burn in yourself What you want to ignite in others must first burn in yourself
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing. Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Homer invented these fictions and attributed human powers to the gods; I wish he had attributed divine powers to us Homer invented these fictions and attributed human powers to the gods; I wish he had attributed divine powers to us
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Divides into three classes,things to be enjoyed, things to be used, and things which use and enjoy. Divides into three classes,
things to be enjoyed, things to be used, and things which use and enjoy.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The person who knows the truth knows it, and he who knows it knows eternity. Love knows it. The person who knows the truth knows it, and he who knows it knows eternity. Love knows it.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist. He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself. Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: When men do what is displeasing to God, they perform their own will, not God's. When men do what is displeasing to God, they perform their own will, not God's.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The weakness then of infant limbs, not its will, is its innocence. The weakness then of infant limbs, not its will, is its innocence.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? Being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies?
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The soul is not moved to abandon higher things and love inferior things unless it wills to do so. The soul is not moved to abandon higher things and love inferior things unless it wills to do so.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Thus it is that love is not without hope, hope is not without love, and neither hope nor love are without faith. Thus it is that love is not without hope, hope is not without love, and neither hope nor love are without faith.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: An unjust law is no law at all. An unjust law is no law at all.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Why, therefore, do we delay to abandon our hopes of this world, and give ourselves wholly to seek after God and the blessed life? But Why, therefore, do we delay to abandon our hopes of this world, and give ourselves wholly to seek after God and the blessed life? But
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: This disease of curiosity. This disease of curiosity.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: It is a higher glory ... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by It is a higher glory ... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Salvator ambulado. (It is solved by walking.) Salvator ambulado. (It is solved by walking.)
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: I know what it is, but when you ask me I don't. I know what it is, but when you ask me I don't.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: He that is jealous is not in love. He that is jealous is not in love.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: He then goes on to show that love--the love of God for He then goes on to show that love--the love of God for
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them. God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you. Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The world is a book, and he who does not travel reads only a page. The world is a book, and he who does not travel reads only a page.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand. Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Si nemo me queret, scio; si aliqui explicare velim, nescio."If no one asks me, I know. If I am asked to explain,I do not know". Si nemo me queret, scio; si aliqui explicare velim, nescio.
"If no one asks me, I know. If I am asked to explain,I do not know".
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall? For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: And thus it is that in the same affliction the wicked detest God and blaspheme, while the good pray and praise. And thus it is that in the same affliction the wicked detest God and blaspheme, while the good pray and praise.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The happy life is this - to rejoice to thee, in thee, and for thee. The happy life is this - to rejoice to thee, in thee, and for thee.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: That vague and wandering opinion of Deity is declared by an apostle to be ignorance of God: That vague and wandering opinion of Deity is declared by an apostle to be ignorance of God:
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Woe is me! how high art Thou in the highest, and how deep in the deepest! and Thou never departest, and we scarcely return to Thee. Woe is me! how high art Thou in the highest, and how deep in the deepest! and Thou never departest, and we scarcely return to Thee.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: If you have understood, then what you have understood is not God. If you have understood, then what you have understood is not God.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: O crooked paths! Woe to the audacious soul, which hoped, by forsaking Thee, to gain some better thing! O crooked paths! Woe to the audacious soul, which hoped, by forsaking Thee, to gain some better thing!
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Those who ask 'What was God doing before he made heaven and earth?' are still steeped in error which they should have discarded. Those who ask 'What was God doing before he made heaven and earth?' are still steeped in error which they should have discarded.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself. If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Tolle, lege: take up and read. Tolle, lege: take up and read.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Do not say that the past was better than the present. Virtues are what make the good times and vices that go bad. Do not say that the past was better than the present. Virtues are what make the good times and vices that go bad.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens. A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
Augustine Of Hippo quotes: There can only be two basic loves ... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God. There can only be two basic loves ... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.

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