Famous Quotes of Saint Augustine
Articles, Church History, Quotes | Our Masters Voice | July 27, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Saint Augustine
After the conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus, the dramatic conversion of St. Augustine – as he himself tells it in his Confessions – is the most significant conversion story in Christian history.Augustine is considered the most important early church father in history of the church. He was one of the widely quoted Christian Church Father.
Famous Quote: Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
Saint Augustinee: Augustine of Hippo
Born: November 13, 354 in North Africa
Died: August 28, 430
Quotes of Saint Augustine:
Love:
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Love is the beauty of the soul.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
Humility:
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
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.
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
Faith:
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Giving:
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Forgiveness:
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
Jealousy:
He that is jealous is not in love.
Bondage of Sin:
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
Suffering:
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
Salvation:
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Wisemen:
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
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.
Believing the Bible:
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
About Miracles:
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
About Adultery:
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man’s wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
Patience:
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Prayer:
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
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.
Last Week I heard Max McLean’s moving rendition of St. Augustine’s Conversion sends chills down the listener’s spine. Quentin J. Schultze, Ph.D. It was awesome.
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