30 Quotes by Anselm of Canterbury

I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation of God and one who seeks to understand what he believes.

It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection.

God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not promised repentance to him that sinneth.

Disasters teach us humility.

And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.

There is no inconsistency in God's commanding us not to take upon ourselves what belongs to Him alone. For to execute vengeance belongs to none but Him who is Lord of all; for when the powers of the world rightly accomplish this end, God himself does it who appointed them for the purpose.

But a problem occurs about nothing. For that from which something is made is a cause of the thing made from it; and, necessarily,every cause contributes some assistance to the effect's existence.

A Prayer of Anselm My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness . . . Let me receive That which you promised through your truth, that my joy may be full.

Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.