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John Bosco Quotes

1815–1888 Italy

St. John Bosco (Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 1815 - 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Latin Church, educator and writer of the 19th century.

Italy

Also known as: Don Bosco

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Kindness of speech, in word, in advising conquers everything and all.

Be cheerful, do good, and let the sparrows chirp.

With the works of charity we closed the doors of hell and open ourselves to the sky.

Those who pray take care of the most important of all.

I'll wait for all my young people in heaven.

If young people are educated properly, we have moral order; if not, vice and disorder prevail. Religion alone can initiate and achieve a true education.

Serve the Lord joyfully! [Servite Domino in laetitia!]

Not with violence, but with words.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Bosco (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.