His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses; present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.
Saint AugustineThou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint AugustineOther sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.
Saint AugustineAs to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world, it may be understood that they are held as approved and instituted either by the apostles themselves, or by plenary Councils, whose authority in the Church is most useful, e.g. the annual commemoration, by special solemnities, of the Lord's passion, resurrection, and ascension, and of the descent of the Holy Spirit from heaven, and whatever else is in like manner observed by the whole Church wherever it has been established.
Saint Augustine