131 Quotes by Alphonsus Liguori

"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the soul, like the solitary turtle-dove, retires and recollects itself in meditation to converse with God, then the flowers, that is, good desires, appear; then comes the time of pruning, that is, the correction of faults that are discovered in mental prayer.

The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.

When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more.

Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.

Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!

The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.

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.

The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.

A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.