See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. .… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned through pride, sinned also through envy, envying our glory, our happiness. Why do we envy the happiness and the goods of others? Because we are proud; we should like to be the sole possessors of talents, riches, of the… — John Vianney Copy Share
The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance. — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own wages, which so often they squander on trifles? If this has happened to you, do not forget that you are obliged to pay back to the person concerned all that you gave to the poor without the knowledge… — John Vianney Copy Share
Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children. — John Vianney Copy Share Image
We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that -… — John Vianney Copy Share
I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
