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St. Augustine Quotes
Brief author info: St. Augustine (A.D. 354-430) Early Christian church father and philosopher.
Showing: 1 - 10 St. Augustine Quotes of 27
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds and that is faithful to what it finds.
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?
The entire most beautiful order of things that are very good, when their measures have been accomplished, is to pass away.
We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of eternal things; to knowledge, the rational knowledge of temporal things.
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Life Quote
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
Life Quote
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Happiness Quote
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Funny Quote
The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
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