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THE PROPHET OF LIFE
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II
The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II
Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b... POPE JOHN PAUL II
The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re... POPE JOHN PAUL II
Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. POPE JOHN PAUL II
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther... POPE JOHN PAUL II
There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you... POPE JOHN PAUL II
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. POPE JOHN PAUL II
Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We're tired of hearing about proposals from D.C. and seeing how that's going to affect our communiti...
KAT RODRIGUEZ We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, b...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR.
The scars of others should teach us caution. ST. JEROME
They talk like angels but they live like men. ST. JEROME
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not... SAINT AUGUSTINE
The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked. SAINT PATRICK
I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worth... SAINT PATRICK
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presen... SAINT PATRICK
I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble... SAINT PATRICK
I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquir... SAINT PATRICK
The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressi... SAINT PATRICK
Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonde... SAINT PATRICK
I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, bec... SAINT PATRICK
I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child. SAINT PATRICK
I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some. SAINT PATRICK
No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small acco... SAINT PATRICK
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. SAINT PATRICK
It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one o... SAINT PATRICK
Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is H... SAINT PATRICK
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in h... SAINT PATRICK
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of ... SAINT PATRICK
The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough. SAINT PATRICK Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not be...
SAINT IGNATIUS I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of Go...
SAINT IGNATIUS Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower,...
SAINT IGNATIUS The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagati...
SAINT IGNATIUS We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the ...
SAINT IGNATIUS We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierar...
SAINT IGNATIUS It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as ...
SAINT IGNATIUS Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of w...
SAINT IGNATIUS In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingra...
SAINT IGNATIUS Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the impe...
SAINT IGNATIUS Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought n...
SAINT IGNATIUS Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
SAINT IGNATIUS In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the ju...
SAINT IGNATIUS May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
SAINT IGNATIUS True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
SAINT IGNATIUS May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
SAINT IGNATIUS For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Je...
SAINT IGNATIUS If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and ...
SAINT IGNATIUS
Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not. SAINT BERNARD
For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment ... SAINT BERNARD
Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What do... SAINT BERNARD
Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she hav... SAINT BERNARD
I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of C... SAINT BERNARD
The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure... SAINT BERNARD
A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do ... SAINT BERNARD
Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in... SAINT BERNARD
Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in ... SAINT BERNARD
That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness. SAINT BERNARD
There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lackin... SAINT BERNARD
You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason... SAINT BERNARD
I myself, however wretched I may be, have been occasionally privileged to sit at the feet of the Lor... SAINT BERNARD
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a... SAINT BERNARD
Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong... SAINT BERNARD
In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so?... SAINT BERNARD
Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell al... SAINT BERNARD
God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereig... SAINT BERNARD
We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ... SAINT BERNARD
I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. SAINT BERNARD
Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinar... SAINT BASIL
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enqu... SAINT BASIL
There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things. SAINT BASIL
We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not s... SAINT BASIL
We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individua... SAINT BASIL
Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control ov... SAINT BASIL
Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a ... SAINT BASIL
To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him. SAINT BASIL
If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. 