Saint Augustine Quotes About Eternity

Quotes about: Eternity

• Eternity is the now that does not pass away.

  Saint Augustine

  Passing Away, Doe, Eternity

• And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Eye, Light

  Saint Augustine (2009). “The Confessions of St. Augustine”, p.174, The Floating Press

• Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still twist and turn upon the ebb and flow of things in past and future time. But if only their minds could be seized and held steady, they would be still for a while and, for that short moment, they would glimse the splendor of eternity, which is forever still.

  Saint Augustine

  Past, Ebb And Flow, Forever

  Saint Augustine (2003). “Confessions”, Penguin UK

• The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.

  Saint Augustine

  Purpose, Gains, Merit

• How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.

  Saint Augustine

  Past, Moved On, Eternity

• O eternal truth and true love and beloved eternity! You are my God; to you I sigh by day and by night. And when I first knew you, you raised me up so that I could see that there was something to see and that I still lacked the ability to see it. And you beat back the weakness of my sight, blazing upon me with your rays, and I trembled in love and in dread.

  Saint Augustine

  Night, Sight, Rays

• The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.

  Saint Augustine

  Rome, Cities, Victory

  Saint Augustine (2003). “City of God”, p.157, Penguin UK

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