The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer,… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is -… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we may preserve… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
