Quotes about Spirituality
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden."
— St. Augustine
You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life.
— St. Augustine
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
— St. Augustine
O sons of Peace, sons of the One Catholic [Church], walk in your way, and sing as you walk. Travelers do this in order to keep up their spirits.
— St. Augustine
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
— St. Augustine
In this one man, the whole Church has been assumed by the Word.
— St. Augustine
The Apostle says: I make up in my flesh what is lacking to the sufferings of Christ (Col. 1:24). I make up, he tells us, not what is lacking to my sufferings, but what is lacking to the sufferings of Christ; not in Christs flesh, but in mine. not in Christ's flesh, but in mine. Christ is still suffering, not in His own flesh which He took with Him into heaven, but in my flesh, which is still suffering on earth.
— 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
He who sings prays twice.
— St. Augustine
The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.
— St. Francis Of Assisi