46+ St Augustine Quotes On Faith. Faith, god, falling in love. Augustine it is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards one's progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken. One day, at church, while he was praying for forgiveness for all his misdeeds, augustine suddenly heard a child's. Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. 3."god loves each of us as if there were only one of us."―. His influence on the catholic church has spanned the ages, 1600 years of encouraging faithful catholics to study and know their faith. May they kindle your faith and warm your heart: To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. The times of conversion are the times.