Quotes by Augustine of Hippo

Explore a curated collection of 66 quotes by Augustine of Hippo. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human ac — Augustine of Hippo
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may u — Augustine of Hippo
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me. — Augustine of Hippo
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all. — Augustine of Hippo
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Augustine of Hippo
Le bonheur, c'est continuer à désirer ce que l'on a déjà. — Augustine of Hippo
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourse — Augustine of Hippo
It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if th — Augustine of Hippo
Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing. — Augustine of Hippo
The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (Ci — Augustine of Hippo
There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forget — Augustine of Hippo
If you understood him, it would not be God. — Augustine of Hippo
We speak, but it is God who teaches. — Augustine of Hippo
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. — Augustine of Hippo
Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Augustine of Hippo
What madness, to love a man as something more than human! I lived in a fever, convulsed with tears and sighs that allowe — Augustine of Hippo
Augustine taught that true freedom is not choice or lack of constraint, but being what you are meant to be. Humans were — Augustine of Hippo
How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose..! You drove them — Augustine of Hippo
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant w — Augustine of Hippo
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake. — Augustine of Hippo