Pio of Pietrelcina Quotes

Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.

‎May the Heart of Jesus be the goal of all your aspirations.

Pray, hope, don't worry.

I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy and to place my hope in God alone.

The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

Faith guides even us and we follow its sure light on the way which conducts us to God and His homeland.

The Lord our King will hold the door of His heart open for anyone who wants to enter for an audience at any time

I want to be only a poor friar who prays - if God sees blemishes even in the angels, can you imagine what He sees in me!

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

We must hide our tears from the One who sends them, from the One who has shed tears Himself and continues to shed them every day because of mans' ingratitude.

Go to the Madonna. Love her! Always say the Rosary. Say it well. Say it as often as you can! Be souls of prayer. Never tire of praying, it is what is essential. Prayer shakes the Heart of God, it obtains necessary graces!

Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.

The Cross will not crush you; if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.

We must empty purgatory with our prayers.

Ahead! Courage! In the spiritual life he who does not advance goes backward. It happens as with a boat which always must go ahead. If it stands still the wind will blow it back.

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since he can be dirty without knowing it. The person who meditates and turns his thoughts to God who is the mirror of the soul, seeks to know his defects and tries to correct them, moderates himself in his impulses and puts his conscience in order.

Pray with perseverance, with faith, with calmness and serenity.

The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.

Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: "Today, if you hear God's voice, harden not your heart." Let us not put off from one moment to another (what we should do) because the (next moment) is not yet ours.

Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious is our soul.

Fear not because God is with you.

Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer.

On this earth everyone has his cross. But we must act in such a way that we be not the bad, but good thief.

Let us remember that the Heart of Jesus has called us not only for our own sanctification, but also for that of other souls. He wants to be helped in the salvation of souls.

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.

The root of all evil is 'I', 'Me' , 'Mine'.

Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your defects, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless.

You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased.

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.

As gifts increase in you, let your humility grow, for you must consider that everything is given to you on loan.

A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

The devil is like a rabid dog tied to a chain; beyond the length of the chain he cannot seize anyone. And you: keep at a distance. If you approach too near, you let yourself be caught. Remember that the devil has only one door by which to enter the soul: the will.

Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.

The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder... What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, and to make even worldly people enter into the way of perfection.

Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.

Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.

It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.

In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards.

Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.

By suffering we are able to give something to God. The gift of pain, of suffering is a big thing and cannot be accomplished in Paradise.

If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: "Lord, send me temptations."

In order to attract us, the Lord grants us many graces that we believe can easily obtain Heaven for us. We do not know, however, that in order to grow, we need hard bread: the cross, humiliation, trials and denials.

Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant?