Put a good bunch of grapes under the winepress, and a delicious juice will come out. Under the winepress of the cross, our soul produces a juice that feeds and strengthens us. When we haven't got any crosses, we are… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
My little children, your hearts, are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer we receive a foretaste of heaven and something of paradise comes down upon us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness.… — 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… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
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… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
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… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
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
