For it is no small thing that God is going to give to those who thus yearn (for God); no half-efforts will get them to the goal. What God is going to give them is not something he has made; he is going to give himself… Toil, then, to lay hold of God; yearn deeply for what you are going to possess forever.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Let us love the light, long to understand it and thirst after if so that led by it we may come to it, and there live for ever.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
No one is really happy merely because of having what they want, but only if they want things they ought to want.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Question the beauty of the earth, question the beauty of the sea, question the beauty of the air distending and diffusing itself, question the beauty of the sky. . . question all these realities. All respond: “See, we are beautiful.” Their beauty is a profession. These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One who is not subject to change?
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
