Love is the beauty of the soul.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

—Saint Augustine

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

—Saint Augustine

Unless you believe, you will not understand.

—Saint Augustine

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

—Saint Augustine

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

—Saint Augustine

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

—Anne Sexton

Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.

—Torquato Tasso

The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.

—Jodi Picoult in Mercy

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

—Joseph Addison