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A treasure of the ages, this jewel of a book is rich in wisdom, honest reflection, and sincere devotion. Augustine writes in the first person, addressing His Lord with candid thoughts on his life, and God’s grace and truth. On nearly every page is something quotable, to be pondered and digested.

Some examples:

• “you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you”
• “the punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder”
• “free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion”
• “I also attribute to your grace whatever evil acts I have not done.”
• “I have more pity for a person who rejoices in wickedness than for a person who has the feeling of having suffered hard knocks by being deprived of a pernicious pleasure.”
• “The blindness of humanity is so great that people are actually proud of their blindness”