The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints.
The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bad as he imagines.
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.
Love God, serve God; everything is in that.
If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.
The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.
The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.
The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will.
We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Attribute to God every good that you have received. If you take credit for something that does not belong to you, you will be guilty of theft.
One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world.
Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints - they are your public.
We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.
Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
There will be no sickness for the saint of God. ... If your body belongs to God, it does not and cannot belong to sickness.
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
