Saint Augustine Quotes About Failing

Quotes about: Failing

• In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Holiday, Angel

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

  Saint Augustine

  Catholic, Failing, Lord

• Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Love Is, Voice

• Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."

  Saint Augustine

  Father, Believe, Men

• Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, let me love more passionately. I cannot gauge my love, nor know how far it fails, how much more love I need for my life to set its course straight into your arms, never swerving until hidden in the covert of your face.

  Saint Augustine

  Love You, Mean, Love Is

  "The Confessions".

• If faith fails, prayer perishes.

  Saint Augustine

  Prayer, Failing, Ifs

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