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
desire habit virtuous
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
accomplishment desire blessedness
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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.
art prayer desire
Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.
desire debtors demand
Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor.
desire may saint
This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.
desire disposition temperance
Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.
mind desire noble
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.
heart desire satisfied
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
prayer heart desire
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
marvel pass people rivers themselves travel
People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars; and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.
loved
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.
abroad admiration admire circuits compass heights men mighty themselves tides
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.
cauldron ears sang
To Carthage I came, where there sang all around my ears a cauldron of unholy loves.