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- We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.
- One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too…
- The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several…
- It is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelet in the pan for the love of God.
- The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who…
- There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
- Men invent means and methods of coming at God''s love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it…
- What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and…
- If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for no other reason…
- That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing but Him, or…
- That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling…
- That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that…
- That we need only to recognize GOD intimately present with us, to address ourselves to Him every moment, that we may beg His assistance for…
- That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.
- That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine…
- That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after…
- I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
- There is no sweeter manner of living in the world than continuous communion with God.
- We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it…
- I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only…
- My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to…
- Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence
- Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
- Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God.
- In order to form a habit of conversing with GOD continually, and referring all we do to Him, we must at first apply to Him…
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- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
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- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi