Quotes About Spirituality

for the devil never slumbers. And the nearer we are to perfection, the more careful we must be, since his temptations are then much more cunning because there are no others that he dare send us;

All the trials that we have suffered will, I believe, have been endured to good purpose. The rule is rather strict, for meat is never eaten except in cases of necessity

which we receive from God; and shows how the door of this castle is prayer.

will tell you, for I am not sure if you properly understand as yet how much we owe to the Lord for bringing us to a place where we are so free from business matters, occasions of sin and the society of worldly people.

It is certain, my Lord, that in these days withdrawal from the world means no sacrifice at all.

He always gives us much more than we deserve by granting us a spiritual sweetness much greater than we can obtain from the pleasures and distractions of this life.

cómo podrá el verdadero humilde pensar que es él tan bueno como los que llegan a ser contemplativos?

how much we owe to the Lord for bringing us to a place where we are so free from business matters, occasions of sin and the society of worldly people.

Alma mía, toma la cruz con gran consuelo, que ella sola es el camino para el cielo.

we shall not fail to observe the fasts, disciplines and periods of silence which the Order commands; for, as you know, if prayer is to be genuine it must be reinforced with these things--prayer cannot be accompanied by self-indulgence.

It is a most certain truth that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility.

Authentic prayer changes us, unmasks us, strips us, indicates where growth is needed.

the soul of the righteous man is nothing but a paradise, in which, as God tells us, He takes His delight.

True spirituality breaks down the walls of our souls and lets in not just heaven, but the whole world.

At first it may cause a good deal of trouble, for the body insists on its rights, not understanding that if it refuses to admit defeat it is, as it were, cutting off its own head.

Our intellects, no matter how sharp, can no more grasp this than they can comprehend God.

This good companionship began to root out the habits which bad companionship had formed, and to bring my thoughts back to the desire of eternal things.

God is not only the most high, he is also the all-near as well. Teresa's discovery of the presence of God within every soul came in the light of a contemplative grace.

For the devil does not allow a single bad habit to disappear and the very weakness of our mortal nature destroys the virtues in us.

by committing a mortal sin, instead of seeking to please God, it prefers to gratify the devil, the prince of darkness, and so comes to share his blackness.

Christianity is a religion built around a father Who does not rescue his son. It is the story Of a son whose father is a ghost.

I'm doing 85 outside the kingdom of heaven

every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you're denying yourself some of God's blessings. It's up to you. You can live a life with God's blessings, or just exist with all the consequences of choosing wrong.

every expression of gratitude is a prayer, which means the practice of intentional gratitude leads directly to a life lived in continual worship." He