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. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
You do not see God. Love and you possess him… for God offers himself to us at once. Love me, he cries to us, and you shall possess me. You cannot love me without possessing me. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
It is right for us to be exhorted so to love wisdom that we most eargerly seek it as our treasure, acquire more and more of it, suffer many trials, restrain desires, ponder the future, so that we may preserve innocence and beneficence. Whenever we act in this way we are in possession of true virtues, because our objective is […]
O God, deliver me from the multitude of words within my own soul. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Grace is not bestowed according to human merits; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. For grace is so designated because it is given gratuitously. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
In the future you will not clothe the naked, because everyone will be clothed in eternal light. You will not bury the dead because everyone wil be living life without end. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
“Has the road an end or not?” He answered: “The road has an end, but the stations have no end, for the journey is twofold, one to God and one in God.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)
An individual drop can be merged with the ocean, and still remain meaningful. He has found his “place.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)
