All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons; chiefly do they torment freshly-baptized Christians, yea, even the guiltless new-born infants.
Saint AugustineWe made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
Saint AugustineCantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472).
Saint AugustineDisturbers are to be rebuked, the low spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all are to be loved!
Saint Augustine