Tractates on the Gospel of John 1-10 Quotes

“Man cannot believe unless he wishes to.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John 1-10

“Do not follow the current of the flesh. For this flesh is indeed a current; for it has none abiding. As it were from a kind of secret fount of nature men are born, they live, they die; or whence they come, or whither they go, we know not. It is a hidden water, till it issue from its source; it flows on, and is seen in its course; and again it is hidden in the sea. Let us despise this stream–flowing on, running, disappearing—let us despise it. “All flesh is grass, and all the glory of flesh is as the flower of grass. The grass withers, the flower falls away.” Would you endure? “But the word of the Lord endures forever.” [1 Peter 1:24-25] But in order to succour us, “The Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John 1-10