Emotional Breakdown Quote by Thomas Cahill

All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.

— Anatole France

“There is much: recognition of the fact that human beings live indeterminate and incomplete lives; recognition of the power exerted over and upon us…

— Jean Bethke Elshtain

“I have become an enigma to myself. So said Saint Augustine. And herein lies my sickness.”

— Don DeLillo

“St. Augustine wrote something once, something I think about often,” he said. “ ‘God triumphs on the ruins of our plans.’ And maybe that is…

— Anne Rice

Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I…

— Max Lucado

“I was becoming more miserable, and Thou nearer. Thy right hand was continually ready to pluck me out of the mire, and to wash…

— Hieromonk Damascene

“Augustine wrote that humility is the source of all virtue, and pride the root of all evil.”

— Mel Starr

“AUGUSTINE: People love truth when it shines on them and hate it when it rebukes them. For,”

— Cindy Crosby

“The more deeply we live, the more we feel in sympathy with Augustine, and the less with Pelagius.”

— Herman Bavinck

“But Augustine knew the Bible’s main mission: so that we can become people who love God and love others. If our reading of the…

— Scot McKnight

“When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete”…

— The Catholic Church

“The truth can be perceived only through thinking, as is proven by Augustine.”

— Thomas Aquinas