When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness. Saint Augustine More Quotes by Saint Augustine More Quotes From Saint Augustine The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, and third through humility. If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every good work we do, if it is not before us to focus on, it it is not beside us to lean upon, if it is not behind us to fence us in, pride will wrench from our hand any good deed we do at the very moment we do it. Saint Augustine pride humility hands In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity. Saint Augustine unity liberty attitude For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one knows which will perish first. For neither can you remain here always, nor can silver remain here always; so also with gold, wardrobes, houses, money, real estate-and in the end, even the light by which we enjoy all these things. So do not be willing then to rejoice in such things as these. Rejoice instead in the light that has no setting; rejoice in the dawn which no yesterday precedes, and no tomorrow follows. Saint Augustine light real brother To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble Saint Augustine worry men war You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't refuse to regain your youth in Christ, who says to you: 'The world is passing away; the world is losing its grip; the world is short of breath. Don't fear, your youth shall be renewed as an eagle.' Saint Augustine eagles passing-away men We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God . Saint Augustine serpent foolishness Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves Saint Augustine moral character men Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place. Saint Augustine right-thing sin Choose to love whomsoever thou wilt: all else will follow. Saint Augustine love God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good. Saint Augustine permit evil way Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend. Saint Augustine cute giving two Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness of the ocean, the orbits of the stars, and yet they neglect to marvel at themselves. Variant: Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by. Saint Augustine ocean stars nature Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it. Saint Augustine holy-eucharist flesh hands Peace in society depends upon peace in the family. Saint Augustine depends family We come to God by love and not by navigation. Saint Augustine navigation yoga Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Saint Augustine humility wish thinking Better that I find you, God, and leave the questions unanswered, than to find the answers without finding you. Saint Augustine unanswered findings answers Consequently, if the republic is the weal of the people, and there is no people if it be not associated by a common acknowledgment of right, and if there is no right where there is no justice, then most certainly it follows that there is no republic where there is no justice. Saint Augustine republic justice people Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself. Saint Augustine ocean encouragement stars Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations. Saint Augustine abstinence relation sex
