At a glance
- From
- Thagaste
- Nationality
- Ancient Rome
Biography
The quotes that circulate under his name come from a man who held two roles at once: he was a working bishop, responsible for a congregation at Hippo Regius, and a philosopher whose arguments outlasted the empire he was born into. That combination is part of why the material still travels. It was written by someone with pastoral duties, not only a scholar's desk.
He came from Thagaste, in Numidia Cirtensis, and is known variously as Augustine of Hippo, St. Augustine or Saint Augustine. He belongs to the Patristic period, and is counted among the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church — the writers whose thinking set the terms for Christian doctrine in the West.
Beyond theology, he is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world. That reach is the reason his name surfaces well outside religious contexts, in discussions of ethics, self-knowledge and how a person understands their own mind.
He came from Thagaste, in Numidia Cirtensis, and is known variously as Augustine of Hippo, St. Augustine or Saint Augustine. He belongs to the Patristic period, and is counted among the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church — the writers whose thinking set the terms for Christian doctrine in the West.
Beyond theology, he is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world. That reach is the reason his name surfaces well outside religious contexts, in discussions of ethics, self-knowledge and how a person understands their own mind.
Quotes 8
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”
“Love God and do what you will.”
“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet...”
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
“The holy Scriptures are our letters from home.”
“God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.”
“Our hearts are restless until they find rest in You.”
