The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.
Saint AugustineWe must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
Saint AugustineFurthermore, what profit was it to me that I, rascally slave of selfish ambitions that I was, read and understood by myself as many books as I could get concerning the so-called liberal arts?...I had turned my back to the light and my face to the things it illuminated, and so no light played upon my own face, or on the eyes that perceived them.
Saint Augustine