Saint Augustine

"Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty."

"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."

"Custom is second nature."

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

"God is best known in not knowing him."

"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."

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

"My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is."

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."

"Punishment is justice for the unjust."

"The greatest evil is physical pain."

"The purpose of all wars, is peace."

"The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before."

"The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences."

"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."

"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels."