Saint Augustine Quotes

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.

I remember walking down the aisle, and I got down on my knees as a person who is so selfish, but when I rose back up the Lord had become the Master of my life.

Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into the temptation in which they abide... Do not be angry at anyone and do not hate anyone, neither for their faith, nor for their shameful deeds... Do not foster hatred for the sinner, for we are all guilty... Hate his sins, and pray for him, so that you may be made like unto Christ, who had no dislike for sinners, but prayed for them.

It's kind of hard to articulate, but, like, this notion of mercy, forgiveness, was very appealing for me. It was very profound. And it had a deep impact, and I think it still does.

The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!

It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.

I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time.

Nothing enables us to forgive like knowing in our hearts that we have been forgiven.

Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.

I believe in giving people a second chance.

He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard.

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

Even when we make mistakes, we hope others will love us in spite of our shortcomings - even if we don't deserve it.