Quotes by Augustine All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins. Anatole France augustine littles men The measure of love is to love without measure. - attributed to Saint Augustine Cassandra Clare augustine saint love-is Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped Colin S. Smith augustine saint used I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion of it, exactly fulfils the purpose for which Almighty God designed it. James Anthony Froude augustine purpose plato Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? Marguerite Young augustine has-beens saint Holy Christendom has, in my judgment, no better teacher after the apostles than St. Augustine. Martin Luther augustine judgment teacher Things take the time they take. don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine? Mary Oliver augustine worry You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right. Pat Robertson augustine saint heart Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God; Pelagius methodically worked to please God. Philip Yancey augustine effort grace St. Augustine wrote that basically it is not possible to understand what was being described in Genesis. It was not intended as a science textbook. It was intended as a description of who God was, who we are and what our relationship is supposed to be with God. Richard Dawkins augustine who-we-are textbooks It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed (Aquinas). Sam Harris augustine church religion