By means of corporal and temporal things we may comprehend the eternal and the spiritual.
Saint AugustineWe take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.
Saint AugustineLove God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.
Saint AugustineGive her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.
Saint AugustineI was looking for something to love, for I was in love with loving, and I hated security and a smooth way, free from snares.
Saint AugustineMan's maker was made man that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother's breast; that the Bread might hunger, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired on its journey; that Truth might be accused of false witnesses, the Teacher be beaten with whips, the Foundation be suspended on wood; that Strength might grow weak; that the Healer might be wounded; that Life might die.
Saint Augustine