Augustine of Hippo

"Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all."

"Le bonheur, c'est continuer à désirer ce que l'on a déjà."

"In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me."

"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."

"The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)"

"Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you."

"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

"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."

"We speak, but it is God who teaches."

"There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God."

"There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God."

"Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature."

"If you understood him, it would not be God."

"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."

"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."

"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."

"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."