If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.
Saint AugustineThou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint AugustineIt is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our lifetime, or be possessed when we are dead, by whom we know not, or perhaps by whom we would not.
Saint AugustineThere is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.
Saint Augustine