Book 1:1
The famous opening: 'Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.'
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From Confessions by Saint Augustine
Augustine's foundational insight that the human soul is created for God and remains restless until it finds rest in him, framing all human desire as misdirected longing for the divine.
Book 10:27
'Late have I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved thee!' — Augustine's lament over years spent seeking God outside himself.
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