Augustine of Hippo Quotes on Life
Augustine of Hippo was a Roman-African theologian and philosopher whose work shaped Western Christianity and Latin philosophy for the next millennium. This page collects quotes attributed to Augustine of Hippo on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Augustine of Hippo:
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”
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“Lord, give me chastity and continence, but not yet.”
At ego adulescens miser ualde, miser in exordio ipsius adulescentiae, etiam petieram a te castitatem et dixeram, 'Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo. -
“The Heavenly City outshines Rome, beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.”
The City of God(early 400s) | Book II, Chapter 29 -
“As the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul. As therefore the body perishes when the soul leaves it, so the soul dies when God departs from it.”
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers(1895) | p. 277 -
“You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life.”
Sermons | 229H:3:2