How many things would be better, if we in our daily lives gave a larger place to the Virgin!
Attributed quotes — John Vianney
1786–1859 France
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If you pray and love, behold, this is the happiness of man on earth.
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In the soul united with God, spring always reigns.
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Everything we do outside of [serving God] is wasted time.
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My children, your heart is small, but prayer expands it and makes it capable of loving God.
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One must never despise the poor, because this contempt falls on God.
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Man's most beautiful work is to pray and love.
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One hundred years without priest and people will end up worshipping animals.
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Many are the Christians, my children, who know absolutely not why they are in the world.
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If a person is educated there is always the possibility that he or she will recover.
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An educated person always has two guides who walk before him: counsel and obedience.
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If hell could be redeemed, you Mary would obtain his grace.
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He who does not pray leans toward the ground, like a mole trying to make a hole to hide.
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Before a well-crafted prayer, sorrows melt like snow in the sun.
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The saints knew themselves better than they knew others: that is why they were humble.
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The devil leaves the bad Christians alone: no one takes care of it.
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Humility is like a scale: the lower you get on one side, the higher you get on the other.
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You can be holy to work miracles but, if you don't have charity, you won't go to heaven.
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