Saint Augustine

The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.

The greatest evil is physical pain.

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.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.