19 Quotes by Jean-Pierre de Caussade

If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink.

We must offer ourselves to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not worry ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but at each moment, feel only the stroke of His brush.

The present moment holds infinite riches beyond your wildest dreams.

There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things.

In the shadow of death he produces life, and though the senses are terrified, faith taking all for the best, is full of courage and assurance.

What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us.

To love God in great things is not so perfect an act of faith as to worship them in small ones.

The books the Holy Spirit is writing are living, and every soul a volume in which the divine author makes a true revelation of his word, explaining it to every heart, unfolding it in every moment.

All created things are living in the Hand of God. The senses see only the action of the creatures; but faith sees in everything the action of God.