God and the devil are found at opposite poles. No one can turn his face to God who has not first turned his back on sin. When a man turns his face to God, all of his paths lead to God. When a man turns his face away from God, all of his paths lead to perdition. When a man finally rejects God by word and in his heart, he is no longer fit to do anything that does not serve for his complete destruction, both of his soul and of his body.
–Saint Nicholas Velimirovic (1880-1956)
The hindrances that prevent Jesus from uniting himself to our souls are our disordered affections. The moment we are entirely free of them, our heart will expand and cast itself completely into the Heart of Jesus. Then he will give himself to us without reserve. Is it right for us to keep retarding the consummation of our love and our union with Jesus because of some trifling affections that really do not amount to anything?
–Luis M. Martinez (1881-1956)
If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.
–Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Silence is so powerful a language that it reaches the throne of the living God. Silence is His language, though secret, yet living and powerful.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
The Holy Spirit does not speak to a soul that is distracted and garrulous. He speaks by His quiet inspirations to a soul that is recollected, to a soul that knows how to keep silence.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
Silence is a sword in the spiritual struggle. A talkative soul will never attain sanctity. The sword of silence will cut off everything that would like to cling to the soul. We are sensitive to words and quickly want to answer back, without taking any regard as to whether it is God’s will that we should speak. A silent soul is strong; no adversities will harm it if it perseveres in silence. The silent soul is capable of attaining the closest union with God. It lives almost always under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. God works in a silent soul without hindrance.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
