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
way
Attract them by the way you live.
existence knows
We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.
easter heart sight
And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.
prayer practice soul
What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!
looks littles leading-on
Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love....
art contentment ifs
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.
moving believe catholic
I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.
roots charity good-work
Charity is the root of all good works.
philosophical adversity son
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
humility thinking wish
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
responsibility order political
Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
punishment mind disorder
The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
father son kissing
AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.
time wish ask-me
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.