Quotes from Elizabeth Ann Seton

How sweet, the presence of Jesus to the longing, harassed soul! It is instant peace, and balm to every wound.

We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him.

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.

Live simply that others might simply live.

Faith lifts the soul, Hope supports it, Experience says it must and Love says...let it be!.

Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.

The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to Him.

The Father most tender, Father of all, my immense God-I His atom.

He is more within us than we are ourselves.

The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will.

Be attentive to the voice of grace.

Live simply that others might simply live.

Disorder in the society is the result of disorder in the family.