“Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.”

“There is no sin unless through a man's own will, and hence the reward when we do right things also of our own will."(Against Fortunatus)”

“When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin in a manner deserving punishment”

“Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.”

“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But at that time I was determined not to put up with badly behaved people more out of my own interest than because I wanted them to become good people.”

“You are not the mind itself. For You are the Lord God of the mind. All these things are liable to change, but You remain immutable above all things.”

“Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.”