The Augustine Library
The Confessions Book Ten Chapters 21-30
17:14
In which the restless soul reflects upon the nature of happiness, discerning it not as a mere memory of worldly things but as a joy rooted in God and truth, ever sought yet elusive until fully embraced. Augustine meditates on the sorrow of separation from God, the human struggle with temptation, and the hope found solely in divine mercy, even as he longs for purity of heart that might transcend…