Quotes about Saint Augustine

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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

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Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

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

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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous...

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

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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a...

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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...

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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the...

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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves...

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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

#Saint Augustine