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...
ProfessionSaint
love-you ancient late
I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!
men judging sin
It is a sin to judge any man by his post
love
Love and do as you will.
friendship hands two-friends
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
kings freedom philosophical
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
life spring love-is
Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.
inspiring philosophical justice
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
wine poetry devil
Poetry is the Devil's wine.
forgiveness thinking forgive-me
Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.
lust catholic purity-and-love
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.
guilt tears stains
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
christian-inspirational understanding understood
If you understood him, it would not be God.
philosophical eulogy doe
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
desire may saint
This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.