“He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.”
More from Saint Augustine on Love
“The measure of love is to love without measure.”
“Love and do what you like.”
“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”
“He that is jealous is not in love.”
“Love is the beauty of the soul.”
“In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.”
“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”
“For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?”
Others on Love
Atticus Poetry
20 quotes“I’ll let you into my heart but wipe your feet at the door.”
Pablo Neruda
19 quotes“You are like nobody since I love you.”
Leo Buscaglia
17 quotes“Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to lov...”
Khalil Gibran
16 quotes“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
Lord Byron
16 quotes“I have not loved the world nor the world me I have not flatter'd its rank breath nor bow'd To its idolatries a patien...”
Mother Teresa
15 quotes“When you judge someone you have no time to love them.”
Nicholas Sparks
15 quotes“Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.”
Rumi
14 quotes“There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension...”
John Donne
14 quotes“If ever any beauty I did see,Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.”
Shakespeare
14 quotes“I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.”
Gabriel García Márquez
13 quotes“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
Balzac
13 quotes“The more a man judges, the less he loves”