God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

The saying expresses a classic Christian idea: God’s love is not a finite resource divided among many, but an infinite, personal attention given wholly to each person. It emphasizes intimacy and particularity—each individual is known, valued, and cared for as fully as if no one else existed. In devotional use, the line reassures believers that they are not lost in the crowd of humanity and that divine providence can be both universal and intensely personal. Although widely attributed to Augustine, the sentiment aligns broadly with Augustinian themes of grace and God’s inward knowledge of the soul, even if the exact wording is likely later.