Saint Quotes - Page 35

• I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

  Teresa of Avila

  Divine Help, Helping, Failing

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

  Teresa of Avila

  People, Doe, Littles

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• Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  People, Lord, States

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• We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.

  Francis of Assisi

  Thinking, Dust, Should Have

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.

  Teresa of Avila

  Loss, Upset, Littles

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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  By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.

  Francis of Assisi

  Heart, Men, Dwelling

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.

  Teresa of Avila

  Sake, Trouble, Pity

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.

  Angela Merici

  Winning, Giving, Soul

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• There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Men, Giving, Sin

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• The recollection of an injury is . . . a rusty arrow and poison for the soul.

  Francis of Paola

  Arrows, Soul, Poison

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• Here learn the science of the Saints: All is to be found in the passion of Jesus. Make every effort to remain hidden in the wounds of Jesus, and you will be enriched with every good and every true light, enabling you to fly to that Perfection which is consonant with your way of life.

  Paul of the Cross

  Jesus, Passion, Light

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• The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive into its depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach the bottom.

  Paul of the Cross

  Jesus, Ocean, Passion

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• Make a bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus and carry it in the bosom of his soul.

  Paul of the Cross

  Jesus, Soul, Suffering

  "Words from the heart: a selection from the personal letters of Saint Paul of the Cross".

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• Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being.

  Paul of the Cross

  Flower, Artist, Sky

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• Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain these as the forbearing charity whereby we put up with one another's defects.

  Robert Bellarmine

  Men, Charity, Unions

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• There is no one who is without faults, and who is not in some way a burden to others, whether he is a superior or a subject, an old man or a young one, a scholar or a dunce.

  Robert Bellarmine

  Men, Way, Faults

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• He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

  Philip Neri

  Love, God, Christian

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• Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.

  Philip Neri

  Men, Giving, World

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• Obedience to Truth is obedience to Love.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Truth Is, Obedience

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• Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Generations

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• God asks little, but He gives much.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Giving, Littles, Asks

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• The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible.

  Gerard Majella

  Blessed, Sick, Christ

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• I see in my neighbor the Person of Jesus Christ.

  Gerard Majella

  Jesus, Christ, Neighbor

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• If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow.

  Pope Gregory I

  Deeds, Today, Facts

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• Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Past

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