Saint Augustine Quotes

You are.

To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.

Knowledge is porportionate to being... You know in virtue of what you are.

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

We have the notion that we exist but we have no way to prove it. 'I am' is the closest foundation we can get.

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

You're always just going to be who you are.

The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.

The most dangerous thing you can do is know who you are.

What thou art, that thou art.

Does one require proof of one's own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.

Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't.

I am me, whatever that means. I am conscious.

We both exist and know that we exist, and rejoice in this knowledge.

You are what you is, you is what you am, you ain't what you're not. So see what you got?

I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

We are what we are.

It's easy to forget who you are.

I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.

What you are comes to you.

The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place.

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.