How can He grant you what you do not desire to receive? Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “Before God can deliver us…”
Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “A happy life is joy in the truth.”
A happy life is joy in the truth. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea…”
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. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “God is more truly imagined than expressed…”
God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “You do not see God. Love and you possess him…”
You do not see God. Love and you possess him… for God offers himself to us at once. Love me, he cries to us, and you shall possess me. You cannot love me without possessing me. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds…”
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “It is right for us to be exhorted so to love wisdom…”
It is right for us to be exhorted so to love wisdom that we most eargerly seek it as our treasure, acquire more and more of it, suffer many trials, restrain desires, ponder the future, so that we may preserve innocence and beneficence. Whenever we act in this way we are in possession of true virtues, because our objective is […]
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “O God, deliver me from the multitude of words…”
O God, deliver me from the multitude of words within my own soul. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “Grace is not bestowed according to human merits…”
Grace is not bestowed according to human merits; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. For grace is so designated because it is given gratuitously. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)