Augustine of Hippo

"Conquer yourself, and the world lies at your feet."

"Why do you wonder about the world when such wonders are in yourself?"

"The fact of your past sin is no bar to your present virtue."

"Knowledge is a small candle in a dark world, but do not despise it."

"If you believe what you like in the gospels and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

"Hear the other side before you decide."

"The true paradises are the paradises that God has placed in our hearts."

"You cannot live a positive life with negative thinking."

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a shame to any people."

"The mind is like fire; it must be fed and carefully tended."

"Faith is to believe what you have not yet seen."

"The life of man is but a span."

"How can we live without our lives? How will we know ourselves without our stories?"

"We are changed by the contemplation of beauty."

"The greatest works are often wrought at great hazards."

"To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."

"Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure."

"Evil is the absence of good, as darkness is the absence of light."

"The mind is best occupied when it is engaged in matters of great importance."

"The past is gone; the future is uncertain; the present is here."

"Virtue is nothing else than right reason."

"A true Christian is a faithful steward of his gifts."

"The test of moral teaching is how it fits with the deepest truths of the human heart."

"Not all learning is valued by books; much comes from the school of life."

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself."

"The greatest persecution can be the silence of good men."

"Like the bee gathering nectar from many flowers, wisdom comes from many sources."

"All things move toward order and away from chaos."

"Suffering is the university of the soul."

"The greatest deception is self-deception."