Quote by Augustine
“When we pray we ask for what we need, yet the Truth himself has told us: 'Your heavenly Father knows well what your needs are before you ask him', so by confessing our own miserable state and acknowledging your mercy towards us we open up our hearts to you, so that you may free us wholly, as you have already begun to do. Then we shall no longer be miserable ourselves, but will find our true happiness in you.”
― Augustine ,
from Confessions
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Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.