Saint Augustine Lord Quotations

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Lord, thou madest us for thyself, and we can find no rest till we find rest in thee.

Make me a captive Lord, then I shall be truly free.

Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty?

O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.

Every good and true Christian should understand that wherever he may find the truth it is his Lord's.

O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will as if it were my will, so that Thou mayest do my will as if it were Thy will.

You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.

In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.

Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.

I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

For so it is, O Lord my God, I measure it! But what it is I measure, I do not know.

It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver.

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.

Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself.