Quotes from The Way — Josemaría Escrivá
1902–1975 Spain
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True virtue is not sad or disagreeable, but pleasantly cheerful.
The Way (1950)
First, prayer; then, atonement; in the third place, very much 'in the third place', action.
The Way (1950)
All the things of this world are no more than earth. Place them in a heap under your feet and you will be so much the nearer to heaven.
The Way (1950)
You are too calculating. Don't tell me you are young. Youth gives all it can: it gives itself without reserve.
The Way (1950)
Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites: like a beast, like a mule, like a cock, like a pig, like a bull. Honours, distinctions, titles: things of air, puffs of pride, lies, nothingness.
The Way (1950)