If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Saint Augustine More Quotes by Saint Augustine More Quotes From Saint Augustine Love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine beauty love romantic It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God. Saint Augustine motivation hypocrite men Whoever seems to himself to have understood the Scriptures in such a way that he does not build up that double love of God and neighbor has not yet understood. Saint Augustine scripture doe way Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin. Saint Augustine punishment understanding ignorance Without God, man cannot, and without man, God will not. Saint Augustine without-god gods-will men I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new! Saint Augustine ancient beauty love Poetry is the Devil's wine. Saint Augustine devil wine poetry It is a sin to judge any man by his post Saint Augustine sin judging men It was not the visible sun, but its invisible Creator who consecrated this day for us, when the Virgin Mother, fertile of womb and integral in her virginity, brought him forth, made visible for us, by whom, when he was invisible, she too was created. A Virgin conceiving, a Virgin bearing, a Virgin pregnant, a Virgin bringing forth, a Virgin perpetual. Why do you wonder at this, O man? Saint Augustine mother sun men Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them. Saint Augustine pride evil lying In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You. Saint Augustine failing catholic lord The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word. The chalice, or better what is contained in the chalice, is the Blood of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word Saint Augustine body-of-christ bread blood 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. Saint Augustine hair heart men You called and shouted and burst my deafness. You flashed, shone, and scattered my blindness. You breathed odors, and I drew in breath and panted for You. I tasted, and I hunger and thirst. You touched me, and I burned for Your peace. Saint Augustine odor hunger-and-thirst faith Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love. Saint Augustine truth-is conquer victory There is no greater invitation to love than loving first. Saint Augustine happy-love sweet-love first-love Love has reasons that reason knows not. Saint Augustine reason knows For when God said, "Let there be light, and there was light," if we are justified in understanding in this light the creation of the angels, then certainly they were created partakers of the eternal light which is the unchangeable Wisdom of God, by which all things were made, and whom we call the only-begotten Son of God. Saint Augustine angel light son None save great men have been the authors of great heresies. Saint Augustine heresy society men Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels. Saint Augustine angel men order
