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John Vianney
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“How many things would be better, if we in our daily lives gave a larger place to the Virgin!”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Natale Ginelli, La tua via, Edizioni Paoline, 1957 (in Italian).
“My children, your heart is small, but prayer expands it and makes it capable of loving God.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The treasure of the Christian is not on earth, but in heaven. Our thought therefore must turn to where our treasure is.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man's most beautiful work is to pray and love.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the well-made prayer the pains melt like snow in the sun.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you pray and love, behold, this is the happiness of man on earth.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love St. John very much because he was so pure and took such care of Our Lord and the Holy Virgin.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception) How happy! I have always felt that this ray was missing from the brilliance of Catholic truths. It is a gap that could not remain in religion.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Consecrate yourselves to Mary. Pray to this Holy Mother well, honor her especially in her Immaculate Conception.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O Immaculate Virgin, who obtains from God whatever you want...”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If hell could be redeemed, you Mary would obtain his grace.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alas! It is difficult to understand how and why what an insignificant creature like us can become proud of. A dust fist as big as a walnut: this is what we will become after death. You can be very proud of that!”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go from continent to continent, from kingdom to kingdom, from wealth to wealth, from pleasure to pleasure: you will not find the happiness you seek. The earth and what it contains cannot satisfy an immortal soul any more than a pinch of flour, in the mouth of a hungry man, can satisfy him.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who has lost the purity of the soul is like a piece of cloth soaked in oil: you can wash and dry it, the stain will continue to bloom again; in the same way it takes a miracle to wash the impure soul.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who does not pray leans toward the ground, like a mole trying to make a hole to hide.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One hundred years without priest and people will end up worshipping animals.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We understand the value of our soul from the efforts the devil makes to corrupt it.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that a person who does not listen to the word of God properly cannot be saved: he will never know what must be done to obtain salvation.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before a well-crafted prayer, sorrows melt like snow in the sun.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is how you can overcome evil with good, and this is what it means to be holy. How many souls without history in the world will one day appear rich in all the victories against evil achieved instant after instant.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My children, the saints had died to themselves to such an extent that they did not care whether others were of the same opinion or not. It's common to say, "Oh! How simple the saints were!". Yes, they were simple about the things of the world, but, about the things of God, they understood each other, indeed! Of course, they understood nothing of the things of the world! But only because they appeared to their eyes of so little importance that they paid no attention to them.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My children, we realize how much power a pure soul can have over the good God: she obtains from Him everything she wants.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My children, I often think that most Christians who damn themselves, damn themselves because of their ignorance.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The saints knew themselves better than they knew others: that is why they were humble.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The devil leaves the bad Christians alone: no one takes care of it.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sin is the executioner of the good Lord and the murderer of the soul. It is sin that takes us from heaven to fall into hell. Nevertheless, we love him! How crazy! If we thought about it carefully, we would have such a horror of sin that we could not commit it.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Paradise there is no resentment. For this reason, good and humble hearts, who endure insults and slander with joy or indifference, begin to enjoy their paradise in this world; those who hold grudges, however, are unhappy: their expressions are worried and their gaze seems to devour everything around them.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humility is like a scale: the lower you get on one side, the higher you get on the other.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humility is the best way to love God. It is our pride that prevents us from becoming saints.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only way to disorientate the demon, when he arouses in us feelings of hatred towards those who harm us, is to pray for them immediately.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man was created for heaven: the devil broke the ladder that led to heaven.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The earth is like a bridge to cross a river: it only serves to support our feet. We are in this world, but we are not of this world, since every day we say: "Our Father who art in heaven..." To have our reward we must therefore wait to be "in our house" in the Father's house.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most common temptations are pride and impurity; one of the best means of resisting these temptations is an active life for the glory of God.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many are the Christians, my children, who know absolutely not why they are in the world.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the soul united with God, spring always reigns.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We do not believe there is a place on this earth where we can escape the fight against the devil.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We put pride everywhere, like salt.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We do not have the courage to bear our cross: we are wrong; for, no matter how much we do, the cross holds us and escapes it and is impossible.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We postpone our conversion until the moment of death; but who assures us that we will have one last attack?”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One must never despise the poor, because this contempt falls on God.”
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“Take a vase full of liquor and cap it carefully: only then will you keep the liquor for as long as you want. Likewise, if after the communion you carefully guarded Our Lord in recollection, you would feel that fire devouring longer.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When our hands have touched aromatic plants, they perfume everything they touch; so let us pass our prayers through the hands of the Holy Virgin; and she will make them fragrant.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who humiliate us are our friends, not those who praise us.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are not saints, you will be reprobate; there is no middle ground; you must be either one or the other: be careful.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a person is educated there is always the possibility that he or she will recover.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can be holy to work miracles but, if you don't have charity, you won't go to heaven.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The grace and the cross are required.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the saints have had great devotion to the Holy Virgin; no grace comes from heaven without first passing through her hands.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything we do outside of [serving God] is wasted time.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A pure soul is with God like a child with his mother: he caresses her, kisses her and his mother gives him back the caresses and hugs.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source