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Santo Agostinho

A pillar of Western philosophy, Saint Augustine bridged Christian faith and Neoplatonism, exploring free will, the nature of time, and the problem of evil.

Frases de Santo Agostinho

  • “The measure of love is to love without measure.”
    Teológico e Ético
  • “Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee.”
    Espiritual
  • “Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!”
    Reflexão Poética
  • “The will is to sin as free will is to grace.”
    Filosófico
  • “Evil is not a being, but the privation of good.”
    Filosófico
  • “Do not go outside yourself, but return within yourself; truth dwells in the inner man.”
    Introspectivo
  • “Love, and do what thou wilt.”
    Ético
  • “Time is a distension of the soul.”
    Metafísico
  • “Hope has two beautiful daughters: anger and courage.”
    Motivacional
  • “If you understand it, it is not God.”
    Teológico
  • “To sing is to pray twice. 🎶”
    Espiritual
  • “Humility is the first, second, and third virtue.”
    Ético
  • “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”
    Espiritual
  • “Happiness consists in desiring what one has and not desiring what one does not have.”
    Filosófico
  • “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
    Reflexão
  • “Give me what You command, and command what You will.”
    Oração/Espiritual
  • “To err is human, but to persist in error is diabolical.”
    Ético
  • “For there is no one who does not wish for peace.”
    Crítica social
  • “Charity is the bond of perfection.”
    Teológico
  • “Know yourself, accept yourself, surpass yourself.”
    Motivacional
  • “Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, and the heavenly by the love of God.”
    Filosófico/Histórico
  • “Where there is no justice, there is no commonwealth.”
    Crítica social
  • “Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
    Reflexão
  • “No one does well what they do against their will, even if what they do is good.”
    Filosófico
  • “To discover what someone is, simply observe what they love.”
    Reflexão
  • “Friendship is the sweetest thing in this life.”
    Reflexão
  • “He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.”
    Teológico
  • “Memory is the belly of the soul.”
    Filosófico/Psicológico
  • “Understand in order to believe, believe in order to understand.”
    Filosófico
  • “Pride is the source of all sins.”
    Ético
  • “If you wish to reach what you are not yet, you must always be discontented with what you are.”
    Crescimento espiritual
  • “The chastity of the soul is ordered love, which does not subject the higher to the lower.”
    Filosófico
  • “He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.”
    Teológico
  • “The measure of knowledge is its usefulness; and usefulness is charity.”
    Reflexão Ética
  • “Necessity is the mother of all pleasures.”
    Análise Psicológica
  • “He who does not love his brother does not abide in love; and he who does not abide in love, does not abide in God.”
    Moral Cristã
  • “The confession of evil works is the first step toward good works.”
    Reflexão sobre conduta
  • “Your prayer is your word directed to God. When you read, God speaks to you; when you pray, you speak to God.”
    Espiritual

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