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
prayer praying
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
inspirational nature philosophical
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
path walking
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.
faith believe catholic
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
wish reason deny
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
faith christian inspiration
The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.
baptism new-life repent
No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.
bible christian home
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
way beginners mature
The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.
mother father church
He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother.
happiness heart optimism
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness
light understanding divine
All truth and understanding is a result of a divine light which is God Himself.
beauty ancient
Oh, beauty, ever ancient and ever new.
progress delay resolve
Keep on adding, keep on walking, keep on progressing: do not delay on the road, do not go back, do not deviate.