QUOTATION: Chastity

Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent.

--St. Anthony of Padua

QUOTATION: Give of Yourself

Give all of yourself and God will give you all of Himself.

--St. Anthony of Padua

QUOTATION: The Holy Spirit

Fire has four natures: it burns, it cleanses, it warms, it gives light. Similarly the Holy Spirit burns away sins, cleanses hearts, shakes off sloth and enlightens ignorance. Fire is by nature incorporeal and invisible, but when it takes on a bodily form it appears in various colours, according to the materials in which it is burning. In the same way, the Holy Spirit cannot be seen except through the creatures in which he operates.

--St. Anthony of Padua

QUOTATION: Silence

Whosoever looks into murky and agitated waters cannot see his own countenance. If you want the face of Christ to appear in your countenance, pause, recollect your thoughts in silence, and shut the door of the soul to the noise of exterior things. 

--St. Anthony of Padua

QUOTATION: What Believing in God Really Means

To believe in God — for Christians — does not mean simply to believe that God exists, nor merely to believe that He is true. It means to believe by loving, to believe by abandoning oneself to God, uniting and conforming oneself to Him.

--St. Anthony of Padua

QUOTATION: Humilty and Chastity

As a tower defends a camp, so does humility of heart guard the chastity of the body.

--St Anthony of Padua

QUOTATION: Words and Deeds

Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak. We are full of words but empty of actions, and therefore are cursed by the Lord, since he himself cursed the fig tree when he found no fruit but only leaves. It is useless for a man to flaunt his knowledge of the law if he undermines its teaching by his actions.

--Saint Anthony of Padua