Whoever possesses God is happy.

Understanding is the reward of faith.

What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.

I was unhappy and so is every soul unhappy which is tied to its love for mortal things; when it loses them, it is torn in pieces, and it is then that it comes to realize the unhappiness which was there even before it lost them.

I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

True happiness is to rejoice in the truth, for to rejoice in the truth is to rejoice in You, O God, who are the truth... Those who think that there is another kind of happiness look for joy elsewhere, but theirs is not true joy.

Love God, then do what you will.