Augustine of Hippo on Nature
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Augustine of Hippo, catalogued under nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Augustine of Hippo, entry #26975: "On Ps 60:3: “To Thee have I cried from the ends of the earth."
Attributed to Augustine of Hippo, entry #217801: "In a quarrel for earth, turn not to earth."
5 Quotes by Augustine of Hippo on Nature
"On Ps 60:3: “To Thee have I cried from the ends of the earth."
"In a quarrel for earth, turn not to earth."
"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."
"The Apostle says: “I make up in my flesh what is lacking to the sufferings of Christ” . “I make up,” he tells us, “not what is lacking to my sufferings, but what is lacking to the sufferings of Christ; not in Christ’s flesh, but in mine. not in Christ's flesh, but in mine. Christ is still suffering, not in His own flesh which He took with Him into heaven, but in my flesh, which is still suffering on earth."
"Who is this that cries from the ends of the earth? Who is this one man who reaches to the extremities of the universe? He is one, but that one is unity. He is one, not one in a single place, but the cry of this one man comes from the remotest ends of the earth. But how can this one man cry out from the ends of the earth, unless he be one in all?"