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 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 slave sin vices 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 submissive scary men What am I then, my God? What is my nature? A life varied, multifaceted and truly immense. Saint Augustine immense human-nature life Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence. Saint Augustine christian law life Salvation is God's way of making us real people. Saint Augustine real people way Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel. Saint Augustine this-world angel world Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. Saint Augustine philosophical witty funny Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation. Saint Augustine contemplation teach delight 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 advancement our-actions humility Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness Saint Augustine optimism heart happiness Grace alone brings about every good work in us. Saint Augustine very-good good-work grace It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. Saint Augustine faithful asks life 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 faithful fire may 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 morning beautiful order 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 walks wish add 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 temptation sea wind Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt. Saint Augustine wilting command philosophical 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 soul doe long God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed. Saint Augustine imagine god thinking 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 forgiveness forgive-me thinking
