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.

Quote by Saint Augustine

Topics: Admiration Quotes, Mankind Quotes

Hear the other side.

Hear the other side.

Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman.

Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman.

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

He that is jealous is not in love.

He that is jealous is not in love.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like,...

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like,...

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.