More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
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.
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.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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.
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.
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.
