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Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.


Saint Francis of Assisi

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SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
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SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]
SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands. [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat...
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SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Hell is full of good wishes or desires. [Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]
SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
SAINT THERESA OF JESUS The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my deli...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I ...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means takin...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA May God protect me from gloomy saints.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph;...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for ...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that i...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Chur...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects ...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on ...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so gr...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces a...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of cleare...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words ...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing tri...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us t...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort,...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. A...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but...
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in e...
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierar...
SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themse...
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA