Go in where you will, God sees you; light your lamp, God sees you; quench its light, God sees you. Fear God who ever beholds you. If you will sin, seek a place where God cannot see you, then do what you will.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The saints have no need of honor from us; neither does our devotion add the slightest thing to what is theirs. Clearly, if we venerate their memory, it serves us, not them. But I tell you, when I think of them, I feel myself inflamed by tremendous yearning.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
We need to be especially alert to the evil subtlety of Satan. His one desire is to keep people from having a mind and heart disposed to their Lord and God…He wants to extinguish the light of the human heart, and so he moves in by means of worldly busyness and worry.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Here is a way to tell when God has been born in you: everything will point to God. Nothing is a hindrance anymore. Everywhere you look, you will see God. It is like staring at the sun. The image is burned into your eyes. Regardless of where you look, you see the sun.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God. If I spent enough time with the tiniest creature — even a caterpillar — I would never have to prepare a sermon. So full of God is every creature.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
