Our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo, Confessions 1.1.1
fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te.
Our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo, Confessions 1.1.1
What it means
The opening page of the Confessions names the hunger under every other hunger. Success, pleasure and praise never fully settle us because we were made for more. When the restlessness comes, treat it as a compass, not a malfunction.
The source
"Our heart is restless until it rests in you." Augustine of Hippo said it in Confessions 1.1.1. Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.
"Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee."E. B. Pusey, 1838, Confessions 1.1.1. 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 "Our heart is restless until it rests in you." mean?
- The opening page of the Confessions names the hunger under every other hunger. Success, pleasure and praise never fully settle us because we were made for more. When the restlessness comes, treat it as a compass, not a malfunction.
- Who said "Our heart is restless until it rests in you."?
- Augustine of Hippo (354–430). Source: Confessions 1.1.1.
- What is the original wording?
- Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee (E. B. Pusey, 1838). Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.
- Is "Our heart is restless until it rests in you." on a shirt?
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