Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
— Augustine of Hippo
Wisdom
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Augustine of Hippo
Famous Quotes
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.
— Augustine of Hippo
Famous Quotes
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
— Augustine of Hippo
Friendship
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
— Augustine of Hippo
Famous Quotes
Nowhere in the Gospel do we read that the Lord said: "I am sending you a Paraclete who will teach you about the course of the sun and moon." For He wanted to make Christians, not mathematicians.
— Augustine of Hippo
Religion
The superfluities of the rich are the necessaries of the poor. They who possess superfluities, possess the goods of others.
— Augustine of Hippo
Social Justice
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
— Augustine of Hippo
Religion
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
— Augustine of Hippo
Ethics