My weight is my love. Wherever I am carried, love carries me.

What it means

In ancient physics, things moved toward their natural place by their weight: stones down, fire up. Augustine says love is the weight of the soul. Whatever you love most is where your life will end up, so choose it well.

The source

"My weight is my love. Wherever I am carried, love carries me." Augustine of Hippo said it in Confessions 13.9.10. Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.

"My weight, is my love; thereby am I borne, whithersoever I am borne."

E. B. Pusey, 1838, Confessions 13.9.10. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Augustine of Hippo (354–430). North African bishop and philosopher. His Confessions, written in Latin around 400, is the first great autobiography in the West.

Questions

What does "My weight is my love. Wherever I am carried, love carries me." mean?

In ancient physics, things moved toward their natural place by their weight: stones down, fire up. Augustine says love is the weight of the soul. Whatever you love most is where your life will end up, so choose it well.

Who said "My weight is my love. Wherever I am carried, love carries me."?

Augustine of Hippo (354–430). Source: Confessions 13.9.10.

What is the original wording?

My weight, is my love; thereby am I borne, whithersoever I am borne (E. B. Pusey, 1838). Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.

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