Quotes by Saint Augustine (Augustine of Hippo) (Aurelius Augustinus), page 2
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.
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about help
I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, “I am not He, but He made me”.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about god, world
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about dispute, judges
If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about faith
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about faith
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about rightness, justice
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about happiness, impossible, man
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about punishment
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about devil, humility, proudness, man
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, man
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about miracle, nature
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to...
Quote by Augustin de Hipona about vision, light, experience, mind
