You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)

He who falls, falls by his own will, and he who stands, stands by God's will.

Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.