30 Quotes by Anselm of Canterbury

O supreme and unapproachable light! O whole and blessed truth, how far art thou from me, who am so near to thee! How far removed art thou from my vision, though I am so near to thine! Everywhere thou art wholly present, and I see thee not. In thee I move, and in thee I have my being; and I cannot come to thee. Thou art within me, and about me, and I feel thee not.

God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

I believe in order that I may understand.

Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.

I do not try, Lord, to attain Your lofty heights, because my understanding is in no way equal to it. But I do desire to understand Your truth a little, that truth that my heart believes and loves. I do not seek to understand that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.

A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.

God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived.

God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.