Josemaría Escrivá Quotes

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With God's grace, you have to tackle and carry out the impossible, because anybody can do what is possible.

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Work is man's original vocation. It is a blessing from God, and those who consider it a punishment are sadly mistaken.

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The higher a statue is raised, the harder and more dangerous the impact when it falls.

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The strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link.

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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.

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You are too calculating. Don't tell me you are young. Youth gives all it can: it gives itself without reserve.

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The pedant interprets the simplicity and the humility of the wise man as ignorance.

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I am every day more convinced that happiness in Heaven is for those who know how to be happy on earth.

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The understanding that so many people demand of others is that everyone should join their party.

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People who are stupid, unscrupulous, or hypocritical, think that others are just the same. And — this is the real pity — they treat them as if they were.

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Even in our times, despite those who deny God, earth is very close to Heaven.

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You are ready to give your life for your honour... Be ready to give up your honour for your soul.

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For everyone, whatever his state — single, married, widowed or priest — chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.

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It is easier to bustle about than to study, but it is also less effective.

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True virtue is not sad or disagreeable, but pleasantly cheerful.

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Never say of anybody under you: he is no good. It is you who are no good, for you cannot find a place where he will be of use.

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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.

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