Quotes about Divine
On the words of Ps. 21:3: "O My God, I shall cry day by day, and Thou wilt not hear".
— St. Augustine
He no more wished to speak alone than He wished to exist alone, since He says: Behold, I am with you all days, unto the consummation of the world (Matt. 28:20). If He is with us, then He speaks in us, He speaks of us, and He speaks through us; and we too speak in Him.
— St. Augustine
The true servants of God are not solicitous that He should order them to do what they desire to do, but that they may desire to do what He orders them to do.
— St. Augustine
Thou hast made us for Thyself, and the heart never resteth till it findeth rest in Thee.
— St. Augustine
Give, O Lord, what Thou commandest, and then command what Thou wilt.
— St. Augustine
The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Its not as if grace did one half of the work and free choice the other; each does the whole work, in its own peculiar contribution. Grace does the whole work, and so does free choice with this one qualification: That whereas the whole is done in free choice, so is the whole done of grace.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Trust God that you are where you are meant to be.
— Teresa of Avila
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
— Teresa of Avila
Since in the centre of the soul there is a mansion reserved for God Himself...
— Teresa of Avila
Without the interior light of grace I would have undoubtedly pitied myself, but in the midst of darkness I found myself divinely illumined.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Just as the sun shines on all the trees and flowers as if each were the only one on earth, so does God care for all souls in a special manner.
— St. Therese of Lisieux