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Claude La Colombière
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“[About complaints about our ills] It happens that someone, if he shows himself touched by them, flatters you; that someone, if he doesn't pay attention to you, makes you angry.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[About how many people offend me] what harm do they do me if I am patient? In fact, what good are they not doing me? But what harm they do not to themselves in the present and future.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We rejoice in the ailments of those we consider our persecutors; we grieve for their prosperity. Oh what a great weakness!”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How can I expect men to honor me who dishonors God?”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is it really necessary to ask those you love why? He can give nothing but his love.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until I hear you say: It is not mortal sin! I don't have to. And was Jesus obliged to die for you?”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jesus defeated the world by despising it.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The poor who give despite their poverty, who share what would be necessary to them like the widow of Zarephath, perform miracles, conquer Heaven. (p. 123)”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Her sin [of a soul] is always on the side of those who offend her, and forces her to confess that they are right.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Innocence is bold, it complains, speaks, shouts, insults its accusers and its judges. Jesus' is very different.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The charity, with a little attention, discovers everything; you need to have some.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patience moderates the disorderliness of these three parts: it binds the tongue with silence, composes the face with tranquility, calms the heart with sweetness.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imperfect souls believe that if one is not angry, one cannot tell one's ailments to the whole world.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Penance must not be spared for avarice. What is spared from table, clothing, pleasure must be for the poor.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not at all surprised that the passion has been declared an excess. And indeed it is an excess of love of Jesus Christ.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not sure whether it is for you [Jesus] that I turn away from vice; but at least this virtue is safe thanks to slander.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How lucky we would be if we could save our enemies with our prayers.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would be a very great consolation [for God], given the small number of Catholics, if they behaved well.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the objects of the greatest passions were perfectly known, we would soon see them cooled.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the grown-ups saw what the little ones suffered, there would be few unhappy people in the world.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we are innocent. The less you talk, the more you will be believed. Those who remain silent do not pass for the worst criminals.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A secret cross is something very precious.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the things he [Jesus] targeted [in the Passion] was to give us heroic examples of all Christian virtues.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are clothes and manners of dress that are not Christian. There must always be a difference, in this regard, between us and the pagans.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are entertainment that is not Christian in any season.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are two kinds of penances, both necessary for a perfect return to God: inner and outer penance.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[God] You love hateful people whose vices you know.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You [Jesus] have offered her [the prayers] for your enemies; do not refuse them to me who wishes to love you.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wanting persuade others who have been greatly wronged, one only persuades oneself.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source