Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Sacred

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)

Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Search

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)

Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Sacred, The Search, The Seeker

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)

Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Search

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 […]

Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Search

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)

Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Sacred

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)

Augustine of Hippo, Living Book, The Sacred

Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “In the future you will not clothe the naked…”

In the future you will not clothe the naked, because everyone will be clothed in eternal light. You will not bury the dead because everyone wil be living life without end. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)

Alauddin Al-Attar, Living Book, The Search

Alauddin Al-Attar Quote – “Has the road an end or not…”

“Has the road an end or not?” He answered: “The road has an end, but the stations have no end, for the journey is twofold, one to God and one in God.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)