More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
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.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
