The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant.
- St. Anthony of Padua
Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.
- St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcino
Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.
- Bl. Cardinal John Henry Newman
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!
- St. Augustine
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
- St. Augustine
Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
- St. Patrick
Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.
- St. Augustine