You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
If I love, there will be no hell for me.
'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more than yesterday I want to try to prove it.' But you have to cut out sin courageously from the root, as the holy Bishop of Hippo did.
You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.
An hour of study, for the modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.
It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.