More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
Love and say it with your life.
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
