“Life is a misery, death an uncertainty. Suppose it steals suddenly upo...” — Augustine of Hippo Quote

“Life is a misery, death an uncertainty. Suppose it steals suddenly upon me, in what state shall I leave this world? When can I learn what I have here neglected to learn? Or is it true that death will cut off and put an end to all care and all feeling? This is something to be inquired into.”

“So the will's desire for death is not a desire for nonexistence, but a desire for peace. When someone wrongly believes that he will not exist, he desires by nature to be at peace; that is, he desire to exist in a higher degree.”

“It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.”

“Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and went from one day to the next; in its coming and its passing it brought me other hopes and other memories. [quoted in Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo, p. 54]”

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”

“On the concept of unity- “Thatʼs right-Jesusʼ most pressing concern before”

“The loudest prayers cannot replace the smallest microchip”

“Faith is like a plant; it grows every day.”

“Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith.”

“Every lament is a prayer, a statement of faith. Lament is the honest cry of a hurting hurt wrestling with the paradox of pain and the promise of God's goodness.”

“Lakewalker legends say the gods abandoned the world when the first malice came. And that they will return when the earth is entirely cleansed of its spawn. If you believe in gods.”