More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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.
Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
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.
If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
