I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
Saint AugustineBe always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.
Saint AugustineLet the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself.
Saint AugustineO eternal truth and true love and beloved eternity! You are my God; to you I sigh by day and by night. And when I first knew you, you raised me up so that I could see that there was something to see and that I still lacked the ability to see it. And you beat back the weakness of my sight, blazing upon me with your rays, and I trembled in love and in dread.
Saint Augustine