But my sin was this, that I looked for pleasure, beauty, and truth not in Him but in myself and His other creatures, and the search led me instead to pain, confusion, and error.
— Saint Augustine Ancient

Influential Christian theologian

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Confessions

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c. 397-400 AD

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Controversial

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15893.Augustine_of_Hippo

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