Saint Augustine

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Custom is second nature.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.