14 Quotes by Charles de Foucauld

Anything that doesn’t lead us to that – to better know and serve God – is a waste of time.

You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way.

Cry the Gospel with your whole life.

Crosses release us from this world, and by doing so, bind us to God. – Charles de Foucauld.

I no longer want a monastery which is too secure, I want a small monastery, like the house of a poor workman who is not sure if tomorrow he will find work and bread, who with all his being shares the suffering of the world.