Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.

When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil.

Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him.

We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is.

For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.