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More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
