By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. Saint Augustine More Quotes by Saint Augustine More Quotes From Saint Augustine There are wolves within, and there are sheep without. Saint Augustine sheep Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil. Saint Augustine omnipotence goodness evil The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed. Saint Augustine new-testament old-testament christian Whatever skills I have acquired, whatever gifts I have been given, I place them at Your service. Saint Augustine given catholic skills Anger is a weed; hate is a tree Saint Augustine weed hate clever Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs. Saint Augustine honor worship praise What do you possess if you possess not God? Saint Augustine saint ifs Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love. Saint Augustine refrain cry silence Where love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable? Saint Augustine positive inspirational life The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder. Saint Augustine punishment disorder mind Love God, and do what you like. Saint Augustine god-love He that is jealous is not in love. Saint Augustine philosophical jealous love A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent. Saint Augustine blessing doe men You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run. Saint Augustine going-away fire running No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. Saint Augustine eulogy philosophical doe We should never use the truth to wound. Saint Augustine use advice life The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest. Saint Augustine goal running love-is We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future. Saint Augustine mistake past needs Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. Saint Augustine philosophical nature inspirational He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother. Saint Augustine church mother father