Love is the beauty of the Soul.RightWords, 2023
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Saint Augustine, also known as Augustine of Hippo, was a renowned Christian theologian and philosopher from the 4th and 5th centuries. He is known for his influential writings on theology and his significant contributions to the development of Western Christianity. Augustine's most famous work, "Confessions," is considered a classic of Christian literature and continues to impact modern philosophical and theological thought.
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Love is the beauty of the Soul.RightWords, 2023
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.Quotes of St. Augustine, Marylake Shrine of Our Lady of Grace
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.On Christian Doctrine, p. 25, 397
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.City of God, Book 14, Chapter 13
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.On Christian Doctrine, Book 1, Chapter 27, 397
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.The Voyage of Italy: or A Compleat Journey through Italy, Richard Lassels, 1670
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.Daily Service, BBC Radio 4, Augustine - Since love grows within you, beauty grows
The purpose of all wars, is peace.C'est en vue de la paix que se font toutes les guerres, Philia, 2023
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.Confessions, Book XI, 397
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.Sermon LXIX, Fathers of the Church, Catholic Culture
That’s all 14 quotes by Saint Augustine.