The greatest evil is physical pain.

— Saint Augustine

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

— Saint Augustine

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

— Saint Augustine

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

— Saint Augustine

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

— Saint Augustine

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou gayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

— Saint Augustine

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. Furthermore, it has eyes to see misery and want. Furthermore, it has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

— Saint Augustine

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

— Saint Augustine

What then is time? If no one asks me I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks I do not know.

— Saint Augustine

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

— Saint Augustine