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Anthony of Padua Quotes

1190–1231 Portugal

Saint Anthony of Padua (1195–1231), born Fernando Martins de Bulhões, was a Portuguese Franciscan priest, later venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, where he lived most of his life.

Portugal
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Also known as: Anthony of Lisbon, Fernando Martins de Bulhões

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Just as a tower defends a fortress, so humility of heart defends bodily chastity from the darts of fornication.

Just as the root feeds the tree, so humility feeds the soul. The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and whoever is fed by this sweetness produces fruit.

Solicitude for material things rends the soul; thus distracted, it divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and thereby kills it.

The saints are like the stars, who, in His providence, Christ hides under a seal, lest they appear whenever they wish. Instead, they are always ready to disembark from the quiet of contemplation into the works of mercy at the time decided upon by God, whenever their heart should hear the word of command.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anthony of Padua (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.