Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Saint AugustineNot all, nor even a majority, are saved. . . They are indeed many, if regarded by themselves, but they are few in comparison with the far larger number of those who shall be punished with the devil.
Saint AugustineIt is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud.
Saint AugustineGod is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.
Saint Augustine