--- title: "4 Robert Cardinal Sarah Quotes" description: "Robert Cardinal Sarah has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/robert-cardinal-sarah-71658_catholicism_there-is-no-need-for-particular-speech-i_96092.jpg" --- # Robert Cardinal Sarah **4** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Robert Cardinal Sarah > [“There is no need for particular speech in order to be with God. We have only to be quiet and to contemplate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cardinal-sarah/there-is-no-need-for-particular-speech-in-order-to-be-with-god-we/) [Robert Cardinal Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cardinal-sarah/) [Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/robert-cardinal-sarah-71658_catholicism_there-is-no-need-for-particular-speech-i_96092.jpg) > [“166. God's silence can also be a reproach. We often pretend not to want to listen to this language. Conversely, if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cardinal-sarah/166-god-s-silence-can-also-be-a-reproach-we-often-pretend-not-to-want/) [Robert Cardinal Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cardinal-sarah/) [Life and hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-and-hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/robert-cardinal-sarah-71658_mystery-of-life_166-god-s-silence-can-also-be-a-reproach_916414.jpg) > [“I asked the earth and it answered, “I am not He”; and all things that are in the earth made the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cardinal-sarah/i-asked-the-earth-and-it-answered-i-am-not-he-and-all-things-that-are/) [Robert Cardinal Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cardinal-sarah/) [Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/robert-cardinal-sarah-71658_catholicism_i-asked-the-earth-and-it-answered-i-am-n_1246282.jpg) > [“The spiritual life goes through alternating phases in which God successively shows and hides himself, makes himself heard and is quiet. Prayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cardinal-sarah/the-spiritual-life-goes-through-alternating-phases-in-which-god/) [Robert Cardinal Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cardinal-sarah/) [Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/robert-cardinal-sarah-71658_catholicism_the-spiritual-life-goes-through-alternat_1586496.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cardinal-sarah/#itemlist", "name": "Robert Cardinal Sarah Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is no need for particular speech in order to be with God. We have only to be quiet and to contemplate his love. 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Tell me something of Him.” And they cried out in a great voice: “He made us.” My question was my gazing upon them, and their answer was their beauty. Man is a silent, incarnate word of God. The moon, the stars, the sun, the sea, the firmament are the visible proof of the existence and omnipotence of God, who created them out of sheer love. 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