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Letter "S" » Saint Augustine Quotes
«The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
confession, Confessions, The Confession, The First Evil
«God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
adversity, careless, Despaired, despairing, despairs, prescience, prosperity, senseless, suffer, Things to Come, understanding
«The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
ceasing, continuance, continuances, longing, prayer, prayers, THY
«Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.»
«He that is jealous is not in love.»
«Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
construct, constructing, constructs, deeper, fabric, fabrics, foundation, foundations, higher, humility, loftier, lofty, structure, structured, structuring, vast
«For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow what He does not will, as for Him to do what He will.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
allow, beyond any doubt, beyond doubt, certainly, omnipotent
«If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
come with, dispute, disputing, gain, in dispute, judge, on request, on the other hand, request, requested, Strangers
«We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
ladder, ladders, trample, Tramples, trampling, underfoot, vices
«O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| Keywords:
beamed, beaming, beams, cheerful, corners, dark, descend, dwelling, enlighten, enlightening, holy, Holy Spirit, Into My Heart, neglected, plentifully, scatter, scattering, The Dark, the Holy Spirit, THY
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