Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

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.

The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.

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.