Quotes On The Seven
Deadly Sins
It is almost certain that excess in eating
is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the
soul are even more disastrous. - St. Alphonsus Liguori
This deadly cancer of anger from which so
much harm grows: It makes us unlike ourselves, makes us like timber wolves or
furies from Hell, drives us forth headlong upon the points of swords, makes us
blindly run forth after other men's destruction as we hasten toward our own
ruin. - St. Thomas More
Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have no fear of the wretched sin of gluttony. - St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
The recollection of an injury is . . . a
rusty arrow and poison for the soul. - St. Francis of Paola
If you are attached to the things of this
earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by
depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life. - St. John
Vianney
He who feels that the vice of avarice has
got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to
give alms. - St. Philip Neri
Lust indulged became habit, and habit
unresisted became necessity. - St. Augustine
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of
the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to
pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness. - St. Richard of
Chichester
As soon as we are stripped of the sordid
garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the
opposite virtue, liberality. - St. Philip Neri
Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is
envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned
through pride, sinned also through envy, envying our glory, our happiness. Why
do we envy the happiness and the goods of others? Because we are proud; we
should like to be the sole possessors of talents, riches, of the esteem and
love of all the world! We hate our equals, because they are our equals; our
inferiors, from the fear that they may equal us; our superiors, because they
are above us. - Saint John Vianney
Heaven is not made for the slothful. - St.
Philip Neri
The proud person is like a grain of wheat
thrown into water: it swells, it gets big. Expose that grain to the fire: it
dries up, it burns. The humble soul is like a grain of wheat thrown into the
earth: it descends, it hides itself, it disappears, it dies; but to revive in
heaven. - Bl Mary of Jesus Crucified "The Little
Arab"
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