QUOTATION: Pride

The pedant interprets the simplicity and the humility of the wise man as ignorance.

--St. Josemaria Escriva

QUOTATION: Simplicity

He who has adopted the true life, if he is to abandon luxury as something treacherous, must not only cultivate a simple mode of living, but also a style of speech that is free from verbosity and insincerity.

–St. Clement of Alexandria

QUOTATION: Candour and Simplicity

When we have to deal with astute and crafty persons, the best way to win them to God is to treat them with much candor and simplicity. This is the spirit of Christ the Lord; and whoever is destined to glorify Him must act according to His spirit.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Simplicity

The office of simplicity is to make us go straight to God, without regard to human respect or our own interests. It leads us to tell things candidly and just as they exist in our hearts. It leads us to act simply, without admixture of hypocrisy and artifice - and, finally, keeps us at a distance from every kind of deceit and double-dealing.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Simplicity

Simplicity is nothing but an act of charity pure and simple, which has but one sole end - that of gaining the love of God. Our soul is then truly simple, when we have no aim at all but this, in all we do.

--St. Francis de Sales