“The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.”
Source: The City of God
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Famous Saint Augustine Quotes
“Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.”
Source: The City of God
“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.”
Source: On the Trinity
“So while he made you without you, he doesn't justify you without you.”
Source: THE CONFESSIONS THE CITY OF GOD ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
“Charity is the root of all good works.”
Source: Sermons 148-183 on the New Testament
“Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty?”
Source: Confessions
“It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.”
“In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.”
“To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.”
“God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.”
“This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.”
“You don't love in your enemies what they are, but what you would have them become by your prayers.”
“No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.”
Source: The City of God, Books I–VII (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 8)
Source: Confessions
“Let us sing a new song, not with our lips, but with our lives.”
Source: Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [50 Books]
Source: The Confessions
“Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.”
“It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up.”