The Gods occupy the loftiest regions, men the lowest, the demons the middle region...They have immortality of body, but passions of the mind in common with men.

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.

Late have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new. Late have I loved you. You have called to me, and have called out, and have shattered my deafness. You have blazed forth with light and have put my blindness to flight! You have sent forth fragrance, and I have drawn in my breath, and I pant after you. I have tasted you, and I hunger and thirst after you. You have touched me, and I have burned for your peace.

God is not a deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.

If you understand, it is not God.