--- title: "3 St. John Bosco Quotes" description: "John Melchior Bosco, SDB, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer. While working in Turin, where the populati..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/st-john-bosco-83934_easy_it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint-81241_81241.jpg" --- # St. John Bosco **3** quotes in **8** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Melchior Bosco, SDB, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, ## Quotes by St. John Bosco > [“It's easy to become a saint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-bosco/it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint/) [St. John Bosco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-bosco/) [Easy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/easy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/st-john-bosco-83934_easy_it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint-81241_81241.jpg) > [“Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.” — St. John Bosco”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-bosco/only-god-knows-the-good-that-can-come-about-by-reading-one-good-2/) [St. John Bosco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-bosco/) [Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/st-john-bosco-83934_catholicism_only-god-knows-the-good-that-can-come-ab_764539.jpg) > [“If a well-known and trustworthy person were to go to a public square and tell all the idlers loitering there that on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-bosco/if-a-well-known-and-trustworthy-person-were-to-go-to-a-public-square/) [St. John Bosco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-bosco/) [Blessed sacrament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed-sacrament/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/st-john-bosco-83934_blessed-sacrament_if-a-well-known-and-trustworthy-person-w_2122417.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-bosco/#itemlist", "name": "St. John Bosco Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's easy to become a saint.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "St. John Bosco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-bosco/it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/st-john-bosco-83934_easy_it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint-81241_81241.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/st-john-bosco-83934_easy_it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint-81241_81241.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/st-john-bosco-83934_easy_it-s-easy-to-become-a-saint-81241_81241.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's easy to become a saint.” — St. John Bosco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.” — St. John Bosco”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "St. John Bosco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-bosco/only-god-knows-the-good-that-can-come-about-by-reading-one-good-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/st-john-bosco-83934_catholicism_only-god-knows-the-good-that-can-come-ab_764539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/st-john-bosco-83934_catholicism_only-god-knows-the-good-that-can-come-ab_764539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/st-john-bosco-83934_catholicism_only-god-knows-the-good-that-can-come-ab_764539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.” — St. John Bosco” — St. John Bosco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If a well-known and trustworthy person were to go to a public square and tell all the idlers loitering there that on a certain hill they would find a gold mine and could take all they wanted, do you think anyone would shrug his shoulders and say he did not care? They’d be dashing there as fast as they could! Well, now, doesn’t the tabernacle hold the most precious treasure ever to be found on earth or in heaven? Unfortunately, there are many who cannot see it because they are blind. Yet our faith unerringly tells us that endless riches are to be found there. People sweat and toil to make money, and yet, in the tabernacle dwells the Lord of the universe. He will grant you what you ask, if you really need it. Isn’t Our Lord Jesus Christ Lord and Master of all? Go to Him then. Ask and it shall be given you; knock and it shall be opened to you! 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