Quotes from Pio of Pietrelcina

We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of the use we make of it up to the last cent.

Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious is our soul.

Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.

Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.

Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.

If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: "Lord, send me temptations."

Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.

Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the true Prince of Peace.

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.

Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine.

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

Your tears were collected by the angels and were placed in a golden chalice, and you will find them when you present yourself before God.

By suffering we are able to give something to God. The gift of pain, of suffering is a big thing and cannot be accomplished in Paradise.

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased.

Fear not because God is with you.

I want to be only a poor friar who prays - if God sees blemishes even in the angels, can you imagine what He sees in me!

Faith guides even us and we follow its sure light on the way which conducts us to God and His homeland.

Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant?

Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.

It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.

Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God.