Alphonsus Liguori Quotes
The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too few indeed they are: yet amongst those few I wish to be!
God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.
Mary being destined to negotiate peace between God and man, it was not proper that she should be an accomplice in the disobedience of Adam.
My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!
True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.
Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.
O God-Man present in this sacrament for me - what a comfort, what a privilege to know I kneel before God! And to think that this God loves me!... Mary, my mother, help me to love him in return
A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.
The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone.
So great is the compassion excited in Mary by our misery, and such is the love that she bears us, that she prays constantly, and relaxes not her efforts in our behalf.
Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.
By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.
Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!
Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.
Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.
As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.
The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.
Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him personally and in all confidence.
How beautiful she is, Our Lady of compassion! How dear! How utterly unselfish! How filled with joy for Him - and us - in the depths of her own agony and desolation!
There is no one, however wicked, whom Mary does not save by her intercession when she wishes ... He who has recourse to Mary shall be saved.
How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?
Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or St. Francis of Assissium. The saints are in Heaven.
