Wisdom to ponder...
Augustine of Hippo
A Latin speaking
philosopher and theologian
from a Roman province in
North Africa (now Algeria)
Born 354 ~ Died 430
"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is
the beauty of the soul."
"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own
imperfections."
"Miracles are not contrary to nature,
but only contrary to what we know about nature."
"No eulogy is due to him who simply does
his duty and nothing more."
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a
page."
"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower
that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this
faith is to see what you believe."
"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to
suffer no evil to exist."
"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."
"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."
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though
everything depended on you."
"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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