Augustine of Hippo

"Praying is talking to God; meditating is listening to God."

"What we love reveals what we are."

"God is not far from any one of us."

"The just man justifies himself by his actions, not his words."

"There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart."

"Seek the company of those who seek the truth; run from those who pretend to have found it."

"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life."

"Your food is light, your drink is light, your very being is light."

"The secret is prayer, sacrifice, work, and peace."

"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

"Beware of despairing about yourself: you are in the hands of God."

"The life of faith is not a life of mounting up to heaven, but of walking with God on earth."

"A man may forgive and forget, but God will never forget."

"There is no more lively emotion than love, no more binding loyalty than friendship."

"The eye by which I see God is the same eye by which God sees me."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"The truth you speak has no past; it has only a future."

"Fall in love in such a way that it frees you, not imprisons you."

"God whispers to us in our pleasures but shouts to us in our pain."

"Genuine love is not sentimental or romantic in the shallow sense."

"The greatest threat to our faith is distraction."

"Struggle is the father of all things."

"Understanding the right answer to the wrong question is not progress."

"We are people of unfinished business."

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried."

"Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt."

"A silent conscience can lead to a silent hell."

"The fullness of joy is to see God."

"Confusion and perplexity are signs that we are on the threshold of truth."

"There is a grace of life beyond the reach of human merit."