Top Augustine Quotes

  • The church is a whore, but she is still my mother. Augustine – Matt Chandler

    The church is a whore, but she is still my mother. Augustine– Matt Chandler

  • Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped – Colin S Smith

    Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped– Colin S Smith

  • Augustine in City of God pictures a resurrection in which the bodily systems we no longer need to protect ourselves can use energy to praise God. – Matt Chandler

    Augustine in City of God pictures a resurrection in which the bodily systems we no longer need to protect ourselves can use energy to praise God.– Matt Chandler

  • 432In the end, grace may prove irresistible, but love can never be forced. Augustine knew this. – James Wetzel

    432In the end, grace may prove irresistible, but love can never be forced. Augustine knew this.– James Wetzel

  • All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins. – Anatole France

    All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.– Anatole France

  • Things take the time they take.Don’t worry.How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine? – Mary Oliver

    Things take the time they take.Don’t worry.How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?– Mary Oliver