Saint Augustine Quotes

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


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


If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Saint Augustine 


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.
Saint Augustine 



The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Saint Augustine 



Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Saint Augustine 



Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Saint Augustine