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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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