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The angels and the saints rejoice at the sight of men on earth who struggle, suffer and labor for the love of Christ.
No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor.
Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.
God is not a deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.
We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God.
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
The steam of meat darkens the light of the spirit...One hardly can have virtue when one enjoys meat meals and feasts.
Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.
Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.
If we strive for goals, relishing in the pleasure of circumstance, nothing is enjoyable, and life becomes purposeless.
Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel.
The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.
Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.
You who have received so much love, share it with others. Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness.
We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.
For if God does not for a moment tire of giving us good things, how can we tire of thanking Him for these good things?
The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him.
Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.
A human body is associated with six stages of transformation, birth, growth, change, evolution, death and destruction.
Some people think, Swami calls himself a powerful magnet, but He is unable to attract us. The fault lies in them only.
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
We know that no trust can be placed on princes and that cursed is the man who placeth his reliance on an arm of flesh.
Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.
You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way.
Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind.
Peace of heart - without it, no good can make us happy. With it, every trial, even the approach of death, can be borne.
The stillness of prayer is the most essential condition for fruitful action. Before all else, the disciple kneels down.
It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through the air.
Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.
Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.
Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful.
It is hard for the human soul not to love something, and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection.
They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.
A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
I want to be only a poor friar who prays - if God sees blemishes even in the angels, can you imagine what He sees in me!
We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.
Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence.
It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.
People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.
Believe that others are better than you in the debths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.
If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there.
If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.
Develop Self-confidence, then love will follow; it will come naturally from within. And that way the love will be pure.
Always have complete faith in the indwelling God who takes care of everything. True greatness can only come from faith.