Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

So while he made you without you, he doesn't justify you without you.

There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing.

Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

Our life is a gymnasium of desire.... When Christians say "God," what do we wish to express? This word is all that we yearn for."

Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.

You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.