More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
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.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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 is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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.
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
