Josemaría Escrivá

Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (9 January 190226 June 1975), was a Spanish priest and founder of Opus Dei.

Quotes

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The Way (1950)

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Camino (1950)

  • You are too calculating. Don't tell me you are young. Youth gives all it can: it gives itself without reserve.
    • #30
  • First, prayer; then, atonement; in the third place, very much 'in the third place', action.
    • #82
  • True virtue is not sad or disagreeable, but pleasantly cheerful.
    • #657
  • All the things of this world are no more than earth. Place them in a heap under your feet and you will be so much the nearer to heaven.
    • #676
  • Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites: like a beast, like a mule, like a cock, like a pig, like a bull. Honours, distinctions, titles: things of air, puffs of pride, lies, nothingness.
    • #677

The Forge (1987)

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  • I am every day more convinced that happiness in Heaven is for those who know how to be happy on earth.
    • #1005
  • With God's grace, you have to tackle and carry out the impossible, because anybody can do what is possible.
    • #216
  • Even in our times, despite those who deny God, earth is very close to Heaven.
    • #992

The Furrow (1986)

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  • The pedant interprets the simplicity and the humility of the wise man as ignorance.
    • #434
  • People who are stupid, unscrupulous, or hypocritical, think that others are just the same. And — this is the real pity — they treat them as if they were.
    • #551
  • The understanding that so many people demand of others is that everyone should join their party.
    • #576
  • It is easier to bustle about than to study, but it is also less effective.
    • #524
  • The higher a statue is raised, the harder and more dangerous the impact when it falls.
    • #269
  • For everyone, whatever his state — single, married, widowed or priest — chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.
    • #831
  • Never say of anybody under you: he is no good. It is you who are no good, for you cannot find a place where he will be of use.
    • #975
  • Those in love do not know how to say good-bye: they are with one another all the time.
  • The strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link.
    • #974
  • Work is man's original vocation. It is a blessing from God, and those who consider it a punishment are sadly mistaken.
    • #482
  • You are ready to give your life for your honour ... Be ready to give up your honour for your soul.
    • #614
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