Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, Blessed Augustine, and the Doctor of Grace, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius, located in Numidia. He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions...
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prayer desire longing
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
dust blood house
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
blow done may
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
customs
Custom is second nature.
art catholic empty
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
math ignorant statistics
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
falling-in-love honor puff
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
punishment causes martyr
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
god philosophical lord
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
philosophical evil religion
There is no possible source of evil except good.
dying use might
We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
joy forever soul
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.
love-you too-late ancient
Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . .
eye gun men
Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.