Quotes about Reflection
Take up, read! Take up, read!
— St. Augustine
Late have I loved thee oh beauty so ancient yet so new
— St. Augustine
Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.
— St. Augustine
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
— St. Basil
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.
— Francis de Sales
The scars of others should teach us caution.
— Saint Jerome
Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your eyes on the Crucified and nothing else will be of much importance to you.
— Teresa of Avila
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
— Teresa of Avila
But Our Lady allowed this trouble to befall me for the good of my soul; without it, vanity might have crept into my heart, whereas now I was humbled, and looked at myself with profound contempt. My God, Thou alone knowest all that I suffered.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Just as it is better to illuminate than merely to shine, so to pass on what one has contemplated is better than merely to contemplate.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
One way of judging the quality of theologies," he explains, "is to see what sort of devotion they produce."32
— Sam Storms