Get to heaven…
We cannot get to Heaven on a featherbed.
—Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)
Practice self-denial…
Begin to practice self-denial in little things, so that later you will be able to do so in bigger ones.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
Unless the Spirit…
We must realize that the grace of the Holy Spirit is necessary not only for those who teach but also for those who are taught. Unless the Spirit is present in the heart of the listener, the teacher is wasting his breath. Unless there is a teacher within us, the teacher without works in a vacuum.
–Rabanus Maurus (c.780-856)
Become a saint…
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Attach ourselves to God…
Let us attach ourselves to God alone, and turn our eyes and our hopes to Him.
–Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
Without passion in their hearts…
Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea, not in God himself.
–Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936)
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