St Augustine of Hippo — The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Who can unravel this most snarled, knotty tangle? It is disgusting, and I do not want to look at it or see it. O justice and innocence, fair and lovely, it is on you that I want to gaze with eyes that see purely and find…

What matters it to me if someone does not understand this? Let him too rejoice and say, 'What is this?' Let him rejoice even at this, and let him love to find you while not finding it out, rather than, while finding it o…

The lost life of those who die becomes the death of those still living.

We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, he always gives us what we need for our salvation

Even at that age I already believed in you, and so did my mother and the whole of my household except for my father. But, in my heart, he did not gain the better of my mother's piety and prevent me from believing in Chri…

O Lord ... Grant us in all our duties Your help, in all our perplexities Your guidance, in all our dangers Your protection, and in all our sorrows Your peace.