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Quotes by St. Augustine

“Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet”

“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.”

“Love is the beauty of the soul.”

“Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.”

“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.”

“God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.”

“To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.”

Love and do what you like.

Since love grows within you so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

Faith is to believe what we do not see and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.

Lord who art always the same give that I know myself give that I know Thee.

Habit if not resisted soon becomes necessity.

He that is not jealous is not in love.

Poetry is the Devils wine.

Lord make me chaste - but not yet.

“Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.”