More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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.
