Saint Augustine

Read through the most famous quotes from Saint Augustine

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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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. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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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. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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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. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. ↗