More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.
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.
Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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?
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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.
