“THOU hast made us for Thyself, and the heart of man is restless until it finds rest in Thee.” (Confessions: 1,1)
"LATE have I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new; late have I loved Thee! For behold Thou wert within me, and I outside; and I sought Thee outside and in my unloveliness fell upon those lovely things that Thou has made. Thou wert within me and I was not with Thee.” (Confessions: 10, 27)
~St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.
St. Augustine, by Vincenzo Foppa. "LATE have I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new; late have I loved Thee! For behold Thou wert within me, and I outside; and I sought Thee outside and in my unloveliness fell upon those lovely things that Thou has made. Thou wert within me and I was not with Thee.” (Confessions: 10, 27)
~St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.
Wood panel, 1465-70; Castello Sforzesco, Milan.