Hippo Quotes - Page 2

• God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Faith, God

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• Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

  Saint Augustine

  Funny, Witty, Philosophical

  Confessions bk. 8, ch. 7 (397 - 398)

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• 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.

  Saint Augustine

  Friendship, Hands, Two Friends

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• I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

  Saint Augustine

  Beautiful, Wise, Wisdom

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• Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

  Saint Augustine

  Life, Christian, Law

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• Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

  Saint Augustine

  Jesus, Headstone, Heavy

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Aeterna Press (1873). “On the Trinity”, p.370, Aeterna Press

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• 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

  Believe, Philosophical, Men

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• It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

  Saint Augustine

  Humility, Angel, Pride

  "Manipulus Florum". Book edited by Thomas Hibernicus,

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  Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

  Saint Augustine

  Life, Change, Beautiful

  "Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy". Book by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 136, 1988.

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• Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

  Saint Augustine

  Faith, Spiritual, Prayer

  "Is It Okay to Pray for Material Things?" by Rick Hamlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2010.

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• 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

  Inspirational Life, Philosophical, Humility

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• Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Nature, Philosophical

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• To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

  Saint Augustine

  Faith, God, Falling In Love

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• Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Perfect, Catholic

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• Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.

  Saint Augustine

  Humility, Clouds, Wish

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• Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

  Saint Augustine

  Art, Catholic, Empty

  Saint Augustine of Hippo (2016). “Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [50 Books]”, p.4272, Aeterna Press

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• The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Evil, Saint

  "Tractates on the Gospel of John" by Saint Augustine, tractate XII on John 3:6-21, § 13,

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• God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Adversity, Son

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• Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspiring, Philosophical, Justice

  "Majority of one". Book by Sydney J. Harris, p. 283, 1957.

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• Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Wilting, Command

  "The confessions of S. Augustine: A revised translation".

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• A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

  Saint Augustine

  Truth

  Saint Augustine, F. J. Sheed (2007). “Confessions (Second Edition)”, p.81, Hackett Publishing

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• Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Faith, Spiritual

  "Strive to Love, Anticipate with Hope, Believe in Faith". Book by Catherine Basten, 2004.

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• The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

  Saint Augustine

  Lions, Moral, Sanity

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• Love is the beauty of the soul.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Romantic, Beauty

  "The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy: Daily Wisdom from the Greatest Thinkers". Book by Gregory Bergman, 2004.

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• Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

  Saint Augustine

  Freedom, Recovery, Catholic

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 296, 1895.

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