Top 500 Saint Augustine Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.”

— Saint Augustine

202. “The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.”

— Saint Augustine

203. “For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?”

— Saint Augustine

204. “Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself – the latter in God.”

— Saint Augustine

205. “This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.”

— Saint Augustine

206. “There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.”

— Saint Augustine

207. “They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.”

— Saint Augustine

208. “No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.”

— Saint Augustine

209. “We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.”

— Saint Augustine

210. “He that is jealous is not in love.”

— Saint Augustine

211. “Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace .”

— Saint Augustine

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212. “My weight is my love.”

— Saint Augustine

213. “Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest, being in league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making common cause.”

— Saint Augustine

214. “The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.”

— Saint Augustine

215. “For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.”

— Saint Augustine

216. “The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”

— Saint Augustine

217. “And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.”

— Saint Augustine

218. “The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.”

— Saint Augustine

219. “Our rewards in heaven are a result of God’s crowning His own gifts.”

— Saint Augustine

220. “Without the Spirit we can neither love God nor keep His commandments.”

— Saint Augustine

221. “Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul’s beauty.”

— Saint Augustine

222. “Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.”

— Saint Augustine

223. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.”

— Saint Augustine

224. “I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!”

— Saint Augustine

225. “I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.”

— Saint Augustine

226. “A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words.”

— Saint Augustine

227. “God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them.”

— Saint Augustine

228. “I err therefore I am.”

— Saint Augustine

229. “When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other’s flame.”

— Saint Augustine

230. “In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”

— Saint Augustine

231. “I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.”

— Saint Augustine

232. “Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.”

— Saint Augustine

233. “What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.”

— Saint Augustine

234. “The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God’s word. The chalice, or better what is contained in the chalice, is the Blood of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God’s word.”

— Saint Augustine

235. “Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith.”

— Saint Augustine

236. “What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!”

— Saint Augustine

237. “Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.”

— Saint Augustine

238. “The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass.”

— Saint Augustine

239. “Hell was made for the inquisitive.”

— Saint Augustine

240. “To seek the highest good is to live well.”

— Saint Augustine

241. “Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.”

— Saint Augustine

242. “The peace of all things is the tranquillity of order.”

— Saint Augustine

243. “My love is my weight. Because of it, I move.”

— Saint Augustine

244. “Anger is a weed; hate is a tree.”

— Saint Augustine

245. “In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God’s face gives joy that never fails.”

— Saint Augustine

246. “There are three ways in which sins are forgiven: in baptism, in prayer, and in the greater humility of penance; yet God does not forgive sins except to the baptized.”

— Saint Augustine

247. “The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.”

— Saint Augustine

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248. “I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.”

— Saint Augustine

249. “Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen. He either permits it to happen, or He brings it about Himself.”

— Saint Augustine

250. “Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: ‘This is My Body.’ No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.”

— Saint Augustine