Our whole business therefore in this life is to restore to … - Augustine of Hippo

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Our whole business therefore in this life is to restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen.

Augustine of Hippo

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About Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian, rhetor, North African bishop, Doctor of the Catholic Church, saint, and a philosopher influenced in his early years by Manichaeism and the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus.

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Native Name: Aurelius Augustinus

Alternative Names: Saint Augustine • Saint Austin • Augustine • St. Augoustinos • St. Augustine of Hippo • Aurelius Augustine • Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis • St. Augustine • Augustinus • Saint Augustine of Hippo • Augustinus, Aurelius • bishop of Hippo

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As the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul. As therefore the body perishes when the soul leaves it, so the soul dies when God departs from it.

Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.

Deus, dona hominibus videre in parvo communes notitias rerum parvarum atque magnarum.

Our whole business therefore in this life is to restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen. - Augustine of Hippo

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