Inspirational Quotes by Augustine
“el mal no es más que privación del bien hasta llegar a la misma nada.”
― Augustine ,
“Hear, Lord, my prayer; let not my soul faint under Thy discipline, nor let me faint in confessing unto Thee all Thy mercies, whereby Thou hast drawn me out of all my most evil ways, that Thou mightest become a delight to me above all the allurements which I once pursued; that I may most entirely love Thee, and clasp Thy hand with all my affections, and Thou mayest yet rescue me from every temptation, even unto the end.”
“Unless someone is faithful in handling the temptations of wealth, who will commit to him true riches?”
“You stir us to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“Still, dust and ashes I am, allow me to speak before your mercy.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“São terríveis os Vossos Juízos, Senhor, pois a Vossa Verdade não é minha nem de qualquer outro, mas de todos nós, a quem manifestadamente convidais a participar dela. Vós nos admoestais reverissimamente a quem não queiramos tê-la como bem privado, para que não nos privemos dela. Efetivamente, quem revindica só para si próprio aquilo que ofereceis para o gozo de todos, querendo como particular o que é de todos, é repelido desses bens comuns para os seus, isto é, da verdade para a mentira. 'Com efeito, quem fala de si próprio mente'.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“You hear the groans of prisoners (Ps. 101: 21) and release us from the chains we have made for ourselves, on condition that we do not erect against you the horns (Ps. 74: 5 f.) of a false liberty by avaricious desire to possess more and, at the risk of losing everything, through loving our private interest more than you,36 the good of all that is.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“Thou gavest; and to my nurses willingly to give me what Thou gavest them. For they, with a heaven-taught affection, willingly gave me what they abounded with from Thee.”
“Her faithful heart grabbed hold of each promise, and she always continued praying, urging You to be faithful to what You had shown her, as if it were Your signed contract. For You establish a trust relationship with those who have experienced Your eternal mercy. You have forgiven all their sins and they look to You to keep all Your promises.”
“The Neo-Platonists had glimpsed the country Augustine sought, but could not show him the way there”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“For this my good from them, was good for them.”
“Volgevo le spalle alla luce e la faccia agli oggetti da essa illuminati, per cui la faccia vedeva le cose luminose, ma non era luminosa.”
― Augustine ,
from Le confessioni
“What we say would not be complete if one word did not cease to exist when it has sounded its constituent parts, so that it can be succeeded by another.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“The more a person is buffeted by such passions in his own life, the more he is moved by watching similar scenes on stage, although his state of mind is usually called misery when he is undergoing them himself and mercy6 when he shows compassion for others so afflicted.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“Si te agradan las almas, ámalas en Dios, porque, si bien son mudables, fijas en él, permanecerán; de otro modo desfallecerían y perecerían. Ámalas, pues, en él y arrastra contigo hacia él a cuantos puedas y diles: «A éste amemos»; él es el que ha hecho estas cosas y no está lejos de aquí. Porque no las hizo y se fue, sino que proceden de él y en él están.”
― Augustine ,
“no era conveniente celebrar aquel entierro con quejas lastimeras y gemidos, con los cuales se suele frecuentemente llorar la miseria de los que mueren o su total extinción; y ella ni había muerto miserablemente ni había muerto del todo;”
― Augustine ,
“El bien que amáis proviene de él, pero sólo es bueno y suave en cuanto está en relación a él; pero justamente será amargo si, habiendo abandonado a Dios, injustamente se amare lo que de él procede.”
― Augustine ,
“Volved, transgresores, al corazón y adheríos a aquél que es vuestro Hacedor. Estad con él, y permaneceréis estables; descansad en él, y estaréis tranquilos.”
― Augustine ,
“You never depart from us, but yet, only with difficulties do we return to You.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
“This is my reply to anyone who asks: 'What was God doing before he made heaven and earth?' My reply is not that which someone is said to have given as a joke to evade the force of the question. He said: 'He was preparing hells for people who inquire into profundities.' It is one thing to laugh, another to see the point at issue, and this reply I reject. I would have preferred him to answer 'I am ignorant of what I do not know' rather than reply so as to ridicule someone who has asked a deep question and to win approval for an answer which is a mistake.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
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Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.