Seek for God…
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
What do you…
What do you possess if you possess not God?
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
It is easier…
It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
How to profit by…
Not one of this world’s blessings belongs to its owner securely enough to prevent time destroying it, or envy transferring it elsewhere…Let us profit by them in the only good way we can, that is, let us gain possession of our souls by giving alms, and share our earthly goods with the poor so as to enrich ourselves with the wealth of heaven.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
A detached man…
A detached man should not be always looking to see what he needs, but he should be always looking to see what he can do without.
–Blessed Henry Suso (c. 1295–1366)
Consider the length of eternity…
Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?
— Saint Gerard Majella (1726-1755)
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