More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
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.
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 truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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?
Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
