43 Quotes by John Vianney

Our soul is like a garden in which the weeds are ever ready to choke the good plants and flowers that have been sown in it. If the gardener who has charge of this garden neglects it, if he is not continually using the spade and the hoe, the flowers and plants will soon disappear.

If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.

When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.

Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.

It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.

A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.

Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His Flesh is really blended with ours.

Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.

Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.