“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
Patience
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
GodAll Quotes by Saint Augustine
“He that is jealous is not in love.”
Jealousy“O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.”
Funny“Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.”
Great“Love is the beauty of the soul.”
Beauty“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.”
God“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
Time“God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.”
God“It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels.”
Men“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.”
Men“Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.”
Art“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.”
Love“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
Faith“God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.”
God“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
God“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”
Good“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”
Government“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Travel“Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”
Happiness“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”
Nature