Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Simplicity and gentleness are a very saintly mode of spiritual life, but you cannot learn this in an external way. It must suffuse itself mystically within you so that your soul embraces this mode of life through the grace of God.
–Saint Porphyrios (1906-1991)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Possessions, Quote Topic
We shouldn’t continue relentlessly in order to acquire what we want; rather we should leave all things to the will of God… These always increase and we are never satisfied with what we have. The more we chase after these wants the more elusive they become… In our prayer we should ask only for the salvation of our soul.
–Saint Porphyrios (1906-1991)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Sainthood, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: ‘Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.’
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Cross (your), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
You are right – it costs us dear to give Him what He asks. But what a joy that it does cost! It is happiness to bear our crosses, and to feel our weakness in doing so.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
When you are angry with someone, the way to find peace is to pray for that person and ask God to reward him or her for making you suffer.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
