You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
JOHN VIANNEYThe man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.
More John Vianney Quotes
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.
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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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Shall we all be saved? Shall we go to Heaven? Alas, my children, we do not know at all! But I tremble when I see so many souls lost these days. See, they fall into Hell as leaves fall from the trees at the approach of winter.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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We ought to ask the Blessed Virgin, the angels, and the saints to pray for us that we may receive the good God as worthily as it is possible for us to receive him.
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If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
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When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!
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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
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