Saint Quotes

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily.

To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.

Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal.

Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man.

... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.

What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

Humanity, take a good look at yourself.

Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world—everything is hidden in you.

Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.

Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road.

Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.

Peace begins with a smile.

The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice.

If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.

Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it.

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.

He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined.

Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.

Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.

Love God, serve God; everything is in that.

Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help.

Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.

What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!

Loving one another with the charity of Christ, let the love you have in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds so that compelled by such an example, the sisters may also grow in the love of God and charity for one another.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.

There is only one caste... the caste of humanity. There is only one religion... the religion of love. There is only one language... the language of the heart.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

Even if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope.

May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.

The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase.

To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.

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

Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

I am the fiery life of the essence of God;

I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.

Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

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.

Love is acceptance. When you love someone . . . you take them into your heart, and that is surely why it hurts so much when we lose someone we love, because we lose a part of ourselves.

the deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself';

that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it.

They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will - with our thoughts, words and actions - to the will of God.

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

I - Want - Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace.

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.