18 Quotes by Bonaventure

Strange, then, is the blindness of the intellect, which does not consider that which it sees first and without which it can know nothing.

Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God.

Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.

To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?

Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.

Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children.

The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and heroic virtue.