Post your favorite one-liner from book 1!
Augustine is the master of clever turns of phrase and quotable one-liners (our heart is restless until it rests in you... the disordered souls is its own punishment, etc.)
Share with the rest of us your favorite(s) from book one.
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Book VII (F.J. Sheed Translation): "For it is buried in the darkness of the forgotten..."
The word "darkness" in this phrase makes me think of past sins which God has forgiven AND forgotten (Hebrews 8:12). Very comforting, and yet WE have difficulty forgiving ourselves and forgetting our bygone iniquities.