Saint Quotes - Page 5

When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism.

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead of the Christ who is our life.

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes . . . The doctrine of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible. If the theory of relativity had also been necessary for salvation, it would have been revealed to Saint Paul or to Moses.

Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.

Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.

Pray to Saint Philomena, What ever you ask from her, She will obtain for you.

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

We are all called to be saints, St. Paul says, and we might as well get over our bourgeois fear of the name. We might also get used to recognizing the fact that there is some of the saint in all of us.

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

I can’t reveal the mystery to either saint or sinner; I can’t state at length what I’ve said curtly; I achieve an altered state that I can’t explain; I have a secret that I cannot share.

Saints are only sinners who keep trying.

He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.

The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.

I have never met an old saint who regretted having spent too much time in prayer, but I have met many who regretted having spent too little!

Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint.

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

Teach the mouth to say what you have in your heart.

Take a saint, and put him into any condition, and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord.

We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.