Since love grows within. . .
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
— St. Augustine of Hippo
Thou hast created us for. . .
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
— St. Augustine
If two friends ask you to. . .
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.
We make ourselves a. . .
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot
— St. Augustine of Hippo
Repentant tears. . .
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
He that is jealous is. . .
He that is jealous is not in love.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Bad company is like a. . .
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
— St. Augustine of Hippo
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man. . .
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man’s wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
— St. Augustine of Hippo
What does love look like?
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.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into. . .
“O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.”
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