Confessions Quotes

“So I asked myself: what, then, is wickedness, if it is not some substance in itself? And I realized it is the corruption of the will. Wickedness is what happens when the will turns away from you, the Highest Good, and clings instead to what is lesser and lower. It is a will that is inwardly empty and outwardly inflated with pride.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions: A Modern Translation (Clear and Readable · Includes Reading Guide Access) Modern Saints Series | Fresh, Faithful Christian Classics

“What did all that cleverness in science and philosophy do for me? I could unlock the hardest texts without help, but I was still crippled and misled when it came to the truth about you.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions: A Modern Translation (Clear and Readable · Includes Reading Guide Access) Modern Saints Series | Fresh, Faithful Christian Classics

“You made the heavens and the earth,14 and you fill them,15 because in filling them, you give them life. No one loses you except those who choose to walk away. But even then, where could they possibly go? What place exists outside your reach? Every corner of creation rests in your hand. The only way to flee your peace is to run headlong into your wrath. And even then, they haven’t really escaped you, because your law follows them, written into the very consequences they face. And your law is truth, just as you are truth.16”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions: A Modern Translation (Clear and Readable · Includes Reading Guide Access) Modern Saints Series | Fresh, Faithful Christian Classics

“During that season of my life, I didn’t think twice about visiting those frauds we call “astrologers.” They appeared to make no sacrifices or pray to any spirits as part of their divinations, so it seemed harmless. I see now that it wasn’t. True Christian faith has always seen astrology for what it is and consistently rejected and condemned it.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions: A Modern Translation (Clear and Readable · Includes Reading Guide Access) Modern Saints Series | Fresh, Faithful Christian Classics