More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
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.
The measure of love is to love without measuring.
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.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.
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.
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
