| 26 Famous Quotes by Saint Augustine
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“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.”
Admiration Quotes |
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“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”
Belief Quotes |
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“I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so”
Catholicism Quotes |
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“Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.”
Charity Quotes |
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“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”
Miracles Quotes |
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“Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.”
Patience Quotes |
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“This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.”
Perfection Quotes |
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“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
Prayer Quotes |
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“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Travel Quotes |
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“Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.”
Punishment Quotes |
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“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”
Confession Quotes |
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“God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.”
God Quotes |
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“Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.”
Habit Quotes |
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“This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.”
Perfection Quotes |
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“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.”
Travel Quotes |
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“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“He that is jealous is not in love.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“To Carthage I came, where there sang all around my ears a cauldron of unholy loves.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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Saint Augustine Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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