All SAINT AUGUSTINE Quotes about “Heart”

“O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.”
“O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your salvation. Say it so that I can hear it. My heart is listening, Lord; open the ears of my heart and say to my soul, I am your salvation. Let me run toward this voice and seize hold of you. Do not hide your face from me: let me die so that I may see it, for not to see it would be death to me indeed.”
“I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.”
“And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.”
“Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.”
“Our heart is restless until it rests in You.”
“There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.”
“Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?”
“You say to me 'Show me your God.' I answer you, 'Everything you see in your heart that might sadden God, remove.'”
“The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.”
“Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.”
“To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.”
“For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts are crushed do you draw close. You will not let yourself be found by the proud, nor even by those who in their inquisitive skill count stars or grains of sand, or measure the expanses of heaven, or trace the paths of the planets.”

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