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“ I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance – You oh God – towards inferior things, rejecting its own inner life and swelling with external matter. ”

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

~ Augustine Of Hippo

Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.

~ Augustine Of Hippo

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

~ Augustine Of Hippo

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

~ Augustine Of Hippo