--- title: "19 Soul Quotes By Pio of Pietrelcina" description: "19 Soul quotes by Pio of Pietrelcina. Plus more from Pio of Pietrelcina and more Soul sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_jesus_jesus-himself-wants-my-sufferings-he-nee_1507608.png" --- > [Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/jesus-himself-wants-my-sufferings-he-needs-them-for-souls/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_jesus_jesus-himself-wants-my-sufferings-he-nee_1507608.png) > [Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/prayer-is-the-oxygen-of-the-soul/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_catholic_prayer-is-the-oxygen-of-the-soul-2409199_2409199.png) > [Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/time-spent-in-honor-of-god-for-the-salvation-of-souls-is-never-badly/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_catholic_time-spent-in-honor-of-god-for-the-salva_505563.png) > [Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/peace-is-the-simplicity-of-heart-serenity-of-mind-tranquility-of-soul/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_bonds-of-love_peace-is-the-simplicity-of-heart-serenit_444971.png) > [In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/in-order-to-console-a-soul-in-it-s-sufferings-point-out-to-it-all-the/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_console_in-order-to-console-a-soul-in-it-s-suffe_2894158.png) > [Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You. . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/stay-with-me-lord-for-as-poor-as-my-soul-is-i-want-it-to-be-a-place/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_consolation_stay-with-me-lord-for-as-poor-as-my-soul_2006221.png) > [Imagine Jesus crucified in your arms and on your chest, and say a hundred times as you kiss His chest, "This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/imagine-jesus-crucified-in-your-arms-and-on-your-chest-and-say-a/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_arms_imagine-jesus-crucified-in-your-arms-and_2553494.png) > [The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder... What power spiritual reading has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/the-harm-that-comes-to-souls-from-the-lack-of-reading-holy-books/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_book_the-harm-that-comes-to-souls-from-the-la_3021088.png) > [God commands us to love Him, not as much as He deserves, because He knows our capabilities and therefore He does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/god-commands-us-to-love-him-not-as-much-as-he-deserves-because-he/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_asks_god-commands-us-to-love-him-not-as-much_1854486.png) > [Let us remember that the Heart of Jesus has called us not only for our own sanctification, but also for that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/let-us-remember-that-the-heart-of-jesus-has-called-us-not-only-for/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_heart_let-us-remember-that-the-heart-of-jesus_2300757.png) > [Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/every-holy-mass-heard-with-devotion-produces-in-our-souls-marvelous/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_devotion_every-holy-mass-heard-with-devotion-prod_22467.jpg) > [Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/jesus-who-cannot-suffer-long-to-keep-you-in-affliction-will-come-to/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_affliction_jesus-who-cannot-suffer-long-to-keep-you_1744510.png) > [Go to the Madonna. Love her! Always say the Rosary. Say it well. Say it as often as you can! Be souls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/go-to-the-madonna-love-her-always-say-the-rosary-say-it-well-say-it/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_catholic_go-to-the-madonna-love-her-always-say-th_778765.png) > [Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/let-us-bind-ourselves-tightly-to-the-sorrowful-heart-of-our-heavenly/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_blessed-mother_let-us-bind-ourselves-tightly-to-the-sor_2122483.png) > [He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/he-who-does-not-meditate-acts-as-one-who-never-looks-into-the-mirror/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_bother_he-who-does-not-meditate-acts-as-one-who_2420495.jpg) > [The devil is like a rabid dog tied to a chain; beyond the length of the chain he cannot seize anyone. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/the-devil-is-like-a-rabid-dog-tied-to-a-chain-beyond-the-length-of/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_approach_the-devil-is-like-a-rabid-dog-tied-to-a_700509.png) > [The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/the-greatest-act-of-faith-is-that-which-rises-to-your-lips-in-total/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e12/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_catholic_the-greatest-act-of-faith-is-that-which_205193.jpg) > [The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/the-more-you-are-afflicted-the-more-you-ought-to-rejoice-because-in/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_fire_the-more-you-are-afflicted-the-more-you_853716.png) > [If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/if-the-soul-would-know-the-merit-which-one-acquires-in-temptations/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_acquire_if-the-soul-would-know-the-merit-which-o_1291453.png) ## Other authors on Soul - [Dada Bhagwan 325 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/dada-bhagwan/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 194 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 162 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 123 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 120 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/paulo-coelho/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 110 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 105 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 102 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/plato/) - [Aristotle 96 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/victor-hugo/) ## More by Pio of Pietrelcina > [Pray, hope, don't worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/pray-hope-don-t-worry/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/pray-hope-and-don-t-worry/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/the-church-is-the-house-of-god-it-is-forbidden-for-men-to-enter-with/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/in-the-spiritual-life-he-who-does-not-advance-goes-backwards/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/every-holy-mass-heard-with-devotion-produces-in-our-souls-marvelous/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [Pray with perseverance, with faith, with calmness and serenity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/pray-with-perseverance-with-faith-with-calmness-and-serenity/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/stop-entertaining-those-vain-fears-remember-it-is-not-feeling-which/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted efforts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/the-greatest-act-of-faith-is-that-which-rises-to-your-lips-in-total/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this virtue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/by-the-virtue-of-modesty-the-devout-person-governs-all-his-exterior/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of the use we make of it up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/we-are-the-administrators-of-our-money-we-will-have-to-give-god-an/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/it-is-true-that-god-s-power-triumphs-over-everything-but-humble-and/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [We must know how to confide. There is the fear of God and the fear of a Judas. Too much fear makes one labour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/we-must-know-how-to-confide-there-is-the-fear-of-god-and-the-fear-of/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/peace-is-the-simplicity-of-heart-serenity-of-mind-tranquility-of-soul/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/time-spent-in-honor-of-god-for-the-salvation-of-souls-is-never-badly/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) > [It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/it-is-necessary-to-be-strong-in-order-to-become-great-that-is-our/) [Pio of Pietrelcina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pio-of-pietrelcina/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/pio-of-pietrelcina/#itemlist", "name": "19 Soul Quotes By Pio of Pietrelcina", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pio of Pietrelcina" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pio-of-pietrelcina/jesus-himself-wants-my-sufferings-he-needs-them-for-souls/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/pio-of-pietrelcina-7187_jesus_jesus-himself-wants-my-sufferings-he-nee_1507608.png", "contentUrl": 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