Do not despair. Remember that you were loved when there was really nothing lovely about you at all. You were loved when you were ugly and deformed. You were loved before you were worthy of being loved. You were first loved and only afterward became lovable, worthy of being loved. Can you imagine what Jesus will do for you when cured, considering that he died for you when you were still sick and ungodly? If you really are greedy and want to possess everything, seek everything through humility. Through humility you will possess the Jesus-God who made all these things and thus in possessing him you will possess them too.

–Augustine, Sermon 142.5