It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth o…

Saint Augustine
463 citations
It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
Reading Thought Truth
20

More Author Quotes

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty? ✨ Saint Augustine (2003). Confessions, p.21, Penguin UK
Nobody should ever doubt that in the washing of rebirth (Titus 3:5) absolutely all sins, from the least to the greatest, are altogether forgiven. ✨ Sermons to the People. Book by Augustine of Hippo ( … ▶
In no passage of the holy canonical books there can be found either divine precept or permission to take away our own life, whether for the sake of entering on the enjoyment of immortality, or of shu … ▶
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.

It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes