For you I am a bishop, but with you I am a Christian. The first is an office accepted; the second is a gift received. One is danger; the other is safety. If I am happier to be redeemed with you than to be placed over you, then I shall, as the Lord commanded, be more fully your servant.

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Christian church father, philosopher, saint [b. Aurelius Augustinus]

Sermon 340

via Rev. Bonnie Spencer (favorite quote)