I found thee not, o lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. — Saint Augustine
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue — Saint Augustine
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. — Saint Augustine
Don’t you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is? — Saint Augustine
Do you wish to be great? then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? — Saint Augustine
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in christian community — Saint Augustine
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. — Saint Augustine
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good. — Saint Augustine
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
Do you wish to rise? begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? lay first the foundation of humility. — Saint Augustine
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend; — Saint Augustine
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. — Saint Augustine
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. — Saint Augustine