Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about beauty, good, good luck, god, gifts
Quotes by Saint Augustine (Augustine of Hippo) (Aurelius Augustinus)
73 quotes by Saint Augustine (Augustine of Hippo) (Aurelius Augustinus)
Also known as: Aurelius Augustinus.
Also called: Saint Augustine (Augustine of Hippo).
Was born on 13 nov 0345.
Died on 28 aug 0430, at 84 years old.
Died on 28 aug 0430, at 84 years old.
Origin country: Algeria
Biography: One of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity.
God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about god
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about moral, virtue, humility, soul
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about philosophy, good, good luck
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about things
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about abstinence, perfection
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.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about humility, wish, being
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about humility, wish
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about need, god
For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow what He does not will, as for Him to do what He will.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about doubt, god, things, good, good luck
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about sin, absolution, being
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about suffering, sin, earth, god
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about suffering, god, good, good luck
