More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
Love and say it with your life.
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.
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
