"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."
"Men are always ready to nose around and find out about other's lives, but they feel lazy to know themselves and correct their own life."
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Source: Sermon 18:2. On the Verse of the Psalm: God Will Come Openly. Works of Saint Augustine, A translation for the 21st Century: Part III - Sermons, Volume I. Book by Edmund Hill, translation and notes by John E. Rotelle, p. 374, 1990.
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