Saint Aurelius Augustine Quotes

"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."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Being, Company, Destruction, Difficulty, First, May, Post, Wood)

"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Accomplishment)

"Custom is second nature."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Nature, Custom)

"God is best known in not knowing him."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: God)

"He fashioned hell for the inquisitive."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Hell)

"He who labours, prays."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine

"If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?"
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Formula, Meaning)

"In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Duty, Praise)

"Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Guilt, Tears)

"The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?"
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: World)

"The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Soul, Blood, Spirit)

"The verdict of the world is conclusive."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: World)

"This world's a bubble."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: World)

"We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Vices)

"The purpose of all war is peace."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
(Related: Peace, War, Purpose)