It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the descendants of Adam. Saint Augustine More Quotes by Saint Augustine More Quotes From Saint Augustine It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver. Saint Augustine lord easy want In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another. Saint Augustine modesty movement eye Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love. Saint Augustine depth littles looks What is more insane than to be partakers of the Sacraments of the Lord and not partakers of the words of the Lord? These men truly have to say: "In Thy Name we have eaten and drunk," and they will have to hear: "I do not know you!" (Luke 13:26-27). They eat and drink His Body and Blood in the Sacrament and do not recognize in the Gospel His members spread over the whole world, and for this reason they are not numbered among them at the Judgment. Saint Augustine names men blood Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen. Saint Augustine soul forever joy We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed. Saint Augustine wine faith water Sin is to a nature what blindness is to an eye. The blindness of an evil or defect which is a witness to the fact that the eye was created to see the light and, hence, the very lack of sight is the proof that the eye was meant... to be the one particularly capable of seeing the light. Were it not for this capacity, there would be no reason to think of blindness as a misforture. Saint Augustine light eye thinking When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil. Saint Augustine devil scary men The one who is good, is free even being a slave; the one who is bad remains a slave even being a king. Saint Augustine remains slave kings The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their grave only the bruises and marks of their toil. Saint Augustine riches treasure night Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Saint Augustine determination happy happiness What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the body of Christ and the chalice is the blood of Christ. This has been said very briefly, which may perhaps be sufficient for faith; yet faith does not desire instruction Saint Augustine holy-eucharist eye blood If you excuse yourself in confession, you shut up sin within your soul, and Saint Augustine shut-up sin soul He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love. Saint Augustine steadfast sincere lord Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer Saint Augustine straws knees prayer The desire for fame tempts even noble minds. Saint Augustine noble mind desire To seek the greatest good is to live well, and to live well is nothing other than to love God with the whole heart, the whole soul, and the whole mind: It is therefore obvious that this love must be kept whole and uncorrupt, that is temperance; it should not be overcome with difficulties, that is fortitude, it must not be subservient to anything else, that is justice; it must discriminate among things so as not to be deceived by falsity or fraud, that is prudence. Saint Augustine wisdom justice heart My love for you, Lord, is not an uncertain feeling, but a matter of concious certainty. With your word you pierced my heart, and I loved you. But heaven and earth and everything in them on all sides tell me to love you. Saint Augustine heart love heaven God's love is unconditional. Be sure that yours is too! Saint Augustine gods-love unconditional love-is For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism. Saint Augustine baptized-in fonts baptism
