For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next.
Saint AugustineI fell away from you, my God, and I went astray, too far astray from you, the support of my youth, and I became to myself a land of want.
Saint AugustineOften a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other parts of the world, about the motions and orbits of the stars and even their sizes and distances... and this knowledge he holds with certainty from reason and experience. It is thus offensive and disgraceful for an unbeliever to hear a Christian talk nonsense about such things, claiming that what he is saying is based in Scripture. We should do all that we can to avoid such an embarrassing situation, which people see as ignorance in the Christian and laugh to scorn.
Saint AugustineBeware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Saint Augustine