Carlo Borromeo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which, after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring Christ to birth in ourselves and in others.
-- Carlo Borromeo

#Prayer #Meditation #Overcoming
Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim and sacrifice for our sins. He is goodness and patience itself; His mercy is moved by the tears of sinners, and He never refuses pardon and grace to those who ask it with a truly contrite and humbled heart.
-- Carlo Borromeo

#Jesus #Heart #Sacrifice
If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor.
-- Carlo Borromeo

#Views #Honor #Wish
If a tiny spark of God's love already burns within you, do not expose it to the wind, for it may get blown out.... Stay quiet with God. Do not spend your time in useless chatter.... Do not give yourself to others so completely that you have nothing left for yourself.
-- Carlo Borromeo

#Faith #Inspiration #Wind
Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head.
-- Carlo Borromeo

#Laughter #People #Cynical
The best way not to find the bed too cold is to go to bed colder than the bed is.
-- Carlo Borromeo

#Catholic #Bed #Way

Pray, always pray; when sickness wastes thy frame, Prayer brings the healing power of Jesus' name.
When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do. But when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do.
To be free from bondage the wise person must practise discrimination between One-Self and the ego-self. By that alone you will become full of joy, recognising Self as Pure Being, Consciousness and Bliss.
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper, we see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there's nothing more to it. We leave it be. The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look. Truth is all there is. It's like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.
Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.
The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.
A champion is defined by the adversity he overcomes
I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

Carlo Borromeo famous quotes

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