More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
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.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
