Quote of Augustine of Hippo - Since love grows within you, so...
Biography - Augustine of Hippo:
Christian theologian and philosopher.
Born: 354 - Died: 430
Period:
5th century
4th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Born: 354 - Died: 430
Period:
5th century
4th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
Translation
(Latin, French, German)
Quantum in te crescit amor, tantum crescit pulchritudo; quia ipsa caritas est animae pulchritudo.
See also...
Quotes about love:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Quotes about beauty:
Quotes about soul:
At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Augustine of Hippo also said...
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