Bonaventure Quotes

#1. To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?

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#2. Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.

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#3. Come, let us give a little time to folly ... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour of pleasure.

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#4. Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

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#5. Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

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#6. In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable.

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#7. Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children.

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#8. It maketh God man, and man God; things temporal, eternal; mortal, immortal; it maketh an enemy a friend, a servant a son, vile things glorious, cold hearts fiery, and hard thing liquid.

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#9. The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and heroic virtue.

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#10. Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God

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#11. Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.

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