Quotes by Augustine of Hippo

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

“Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou co...”

“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”

“In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.”

“I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.”

“Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.”

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.”

“Le bonheur, c'est continuer dsirer ce que l'on a dj.”

“Let the Lord your God be your hope seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they h...”

“What madness, to love a man as something more than human! I lived in a fever, convulsed with tears and sighs that allowed me neither rest nor peace of mind. My soul was a burden, bruised and bleedi...”

“When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin in a manner deserving punishment”

“If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.”

“Do they desire to join me in thanksgiving when they hear how, by your gift, I have come close to you, and do they pray for me when they hear how I am held back by my own weight? ...A brotherly mind...”

“Music, that is the science or the sense of proper modulation, is likewise given by God's generosity to mortals having rational souls in order to lead them to higher things.”

“Its not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.”

“Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.”

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”

“The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)”

“There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.”

“If you understood him, it would not be God.”