Augustine of Hippo

"The pursuit of happiness is the root of unhappiness."

"What is not right cannot be done right."

"The way of humility is the way of truth."

"Eternal things are truly real; temporal things merely seem real."

"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought."

"You cannot know the full extent of your illness until a physician examines you."

"To become good, one must desire it with all one's heart."

"The flesh lusts against the spirit; the spirit against the flesh."

"Faithfulness is not about perfection; it is about direction."

"The mind is like a candle: it cannot light itself."

"In this life we walk by faith, not by sight."

"The pursuit of God is the pursuit of truth, beauty, and goodness."

"A man may lose his wealth, his honor, even his life, but his integrity is his alone to give away."

"The unexamined life is not worthy of being lived."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the awareness that something else is more important."

"The greatest evils come not from external enemies but from within ourselves."

"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived."

"In the church, unity in essentials, liberty in doubtful things, and charity in all things."

"A person's character is revealed not by how they treat the powerful, but by how they treat the weak."

"The seed of God is within us."