The Wisdom of the Saints Quotes

“We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear. Saint Francis de Sales.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“No one heals himself by wounding another. Saint Ambrose of Milan.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Whatsoever is not God, is nothing. Saint Frideswide.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Nothing is more certain than death and nothing more uncertain than the day and hour of our death. The great folly of worldlings consists in putting the thought of death far from them and acting as if they were to live forever. Saint Antony of Padua.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“It ought to be a cause of confusion to us that, being placed on this earth in order to fit ourselves for heaven, we yet think so little of our home, and speak of it so rarely. Saint Elzear.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Sin is loving what God hates, and hating what God loves. Saint Catherine of Siena.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Remember that the time of labour and suffering is short, and that, on the contrary, the reward which awaits us is eternal. Saint Clare of Assisi.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“What a weakness it is to love Jesus Christ only when He caresses us, and to be cold immediately once He afflicts us. This is not true love. Those who love thus, love themselves too much to love God with all their heart. Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support? Saint Gerard Majella. Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? Saint Gerard Majella.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support? Saint Gerard Majella.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“In all undertakings, whether spiritual or temporal, do your own part, let God do His, and keep yourself in peace. Saint Joseph of Cupertino.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Never be too hard on the man who can’t give up (alcoholic) drink. It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise the dead to life again. But both are possible and even easy for Our Lord. We have only to depend on him. Venerable Matt Talbot.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect. Saint Teresa of Avila.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience makes doubtful what is certain, and turns a very short time into a long one. Saint Teresa of Avila.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Dream that the more you struggle, the more you prove the love that you bear your God, and the more you will rejoice one day with your Beloved, in a happiness and rapture that can never end. Saint Teresa of Avila.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Let nothing trouble you, let nothing make you afraid. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains everything. God alone is enough. Saint Teresa of Avila.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world. Saint Teresa of Avila.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves amidst the pots and pans. Saint Teresa of Avila.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Ask and desire nothing except our Creator, our Redeemer, and Saviour, the one true God, Who is all Good, the perfect Good, the true and Supreme Good. Saint Francis of Assisi.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Happy he who receives reproaches with gentleness listens respectfully to all that is said to him, confesses his fault humbly and hastens to make satisfaction for it. Saint Francis of Assisi.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Help all without discrimination, friend and foe alike. Everyone is our neighbour. Blessed Angela Truszkowska.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence. Saint Francis de Sales.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“How blind men are to make so little account of time, having one day to render account of how uselessly they employed it - this time which, however short, may merit an eternity, but which, once passed, can never be regained. Saint Catherine of Bologna.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Man, not having many souls, but only one, ought to take so much the more care of it. Saint Francis of Assisi.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Jesus, I live for you. Saint Anna Schaeffer.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Oh you, who imagine you have still a long time before you, to enjoy the vanities of the world, how strangely you deceive yourselves! There cometh a day and an hour of which you will not think, and which you do not know. Saint Francis of Assisi.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them. Saint Therese of Lisieux.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed, you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint, you will not put yourself on a pedestal. Saint Teresa of Calcutta.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“It is dangerous to make everybody go forward by the same road; and worse to measure others by oneself. Saint Ignatius of Loyola.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints

“Death brings us to God! Saint Josephine Bakhita.”
― Anthony Vincent Bruno, The Wisdom of the Saints