Quotes by : Augustine of Hippo

The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth....

... The soul which is led by God and His wisdom, rather than by bodily concupiscence, will certainly....

Behold, now, how foolish it is, in so great an abundance of the truest opinions which can be extracted....

Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I....

If you understood him, it would not be God.

I am no more than a child, but my Father lives for ever and I have a Protector great enough to save me.....

It is indeed a song of steps. And as I have often said to you, these steps are not made to descend but....

I fell away from you, my God, and I went astray, too far astray from you, the support of my youth, and....

That vague and wandering opinion of Deity is declared by an apostle to be ignorance of God:

You have truly gained the mastery of the very stronghold of philosophy, Mother. For without doubt only....