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Saint Augustine Quotes


To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

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

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

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

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