15 quotes found
“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.”
“Keep your prayer simple. Whatever confuses or complicates prayer is probably best forgotten.”
“It is dangerous to make everybody go forward by the same road: and worse to measure others by oneself.”
“The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.”
“Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing and God everything.”
“When it comes to ourselves, we often have a blind spot. That is, we fail to see ourselves as others see us. We fail to recognize our most obvious traits: our strengths, weaknesses, mannerisms.”
“Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you. It is certainly a higher virtue of the soul, and a greater grace, to be able to enjoy th...”
“Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His pro...”
“In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is ...”
“Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.”
“We esteem, honor, and love the apostles more than the other saints, because they served God more faithfully and because they loved Him more perfectly.”
“Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.”
“Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.”
“It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.”
