The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience. Saint Augustine More Quotes by Saint Augustine More Quotes From Saint Augustine The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins. Saint Augustine slavesinvices Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator. Saint Augustine submissivescarymen What am I then, my God? What is my nature? A life varied, multifaceted and truly immense. Saint Augustine immensehuman-naturelife Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence. Saint Augustine christianlawlife Salvation is God's way of making us real people. Saint Augustine realpeopleway Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel. Saint Augustine this-worldangelworld Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. Saint Augustine philosophicalwittyfunny Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation. Saint Augustine contemplationteachdelight Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue. Saint Augustine advancementour-actionshumility Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness Saint Augustine optimismhearthappiness Grace alone brings about every good work in us. Saint Augustine very-goodgood-workgrace It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. Saint Augustine faithfulaskslife That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left hidden whether some of the faithful may be saved, some more slowly and some more quickly in the greater or lesser degree in which they loved the good things that perish, through a certain purgatorial fire. Saint Augustine faithfulfiremay This entire most beautiful order of good things is going to pass away after its measure has been exhausted; for both morning and evening were made in them. Saint Augustine morningbeautifulorder Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still nor go back nor deviate. Saint Augustine walkswishadd A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words Saint Augustine temptationseawind Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt. Saint Augustine wiltingcommandphilosophical The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity. Saint Augustine souldoelong God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed. Saint Augustine imaginegodthinking Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me. Saint Augustine forgivenessforgive-methinking
