St. Augustine of Hippo
Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher
Lived from: 354 - 430
Category: Theologians and clergy | Philosophers
Born: 14 november 354 Died: 29 august 430
Quotes 41 till 46 of 46.
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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Unless you believe, you will not understand.
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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.
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What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
― St. Augustine of Hippo
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