When impure thoughts come into our minds, we should think of them as little as we do of the leaves that fall down from trees. We must not dwell on them for a moment without heeding such suggestions from the enemy of souls, go quietly on our way.
–Saint Clement Hofbauer (1751-1820)
What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
[Christ] belongs to you, but more than that, he longs to be in you, living and ruling in you, as the head lives and rules the body. He wants his breath to be in your breath, his heart in your heart, and his soul in your soul.
–Saint John Eudes (1601-1680)
The Church had learnt, not at the end but at the beginning of her centuries, that the funeral of God is always a premature burial.
–GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
When we dare to testify to joy, in this world and now, is because we accept what God wants to give us.
–Jean-Marie Lustinger (1926-2007)
