Saint Augustine Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Saint Augustine quotes, Saint Augustine sayings, and Saint Augustine proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The love of our neighbor hath its bounds in each man's love of himself. 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
God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them. Saint Augustine
From Latin: 'Inside man lives the truth.' Saint Augustine
So if you can manage it, you shouldn't touch your partner, except for the sake of having children. Saint Augustine
For what is the self complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise. Saint Augustine
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Saint Augustine
Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel. Saint Augustine
Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit, you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger. Saint Augustine
Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God. Saint Augustine
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. Saint Augustine
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Saint Augustine
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. Saint Augustine
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Saint Augustine
People travel to wonder at the height 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. Saint Augustine
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. Saint Augustine
God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. Saint Augustine
There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior's Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them I derive new life. Saint Augustine
Love the sinner and hate the sin. Saint Augustine