"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."
"What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith."
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Source: Saint Augustine (2008). “The City of God, Books XVII–XXII (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 24)”, p.478, CUA Press
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