De Foucauld Quotes

#1. The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity.

Charles De Foucauld

#2. As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.

Charles De Foucauld

#3. For a man who thought it was okay to threaten a little girl and her mother? There was no second chance.

Eve Langlais

#4. Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden.

George Ball

#5. Father of mine, I abandon myself to you, make of me that which is pleasing to you. Whatever you might do to me, I thank you.

Charles De Foucauld

#6. It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.

Norman Ralph Augustine

#7. Above all, always see Jesus in every person, and consequently treat each one not only as an equal and as a brother or sister, but also with great humility, respect and selfless generosity.

Charles De Foucauld

#8. Cry the Gospel with your whole life.

Charles De Foucauld

#9. Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time.

Charles De Foucauld

#10. The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything.

Charles De Foucauld

#11. There is relationship between sight and touch, something about eyes being able to see through the fingers touching the clay, about fingers being able to feel what the eyes are seeing without the fingers actually touching it.

Jose Saramago

#12. You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way.

Charles De Foucauld

#13. It is not necessary to teach others, to cure them or to improve them; it is only necessary to live among them, sharing the human condition and being present to them in love.

Charles De Foucauld

#14. In the manner of one recognizing a line from a familiar poem in a strange book.

Neil Gaiman

#15. We should never forget the two axioms: 'Jesus is with me' and whatever happens, happens by the will of God.

Charles De Foucauld

#16. Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

Fred F. Fielding

#17. You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you.

Don Shula

#18. For Foucauld and the Little Brothers, life in the desert was not a flight from the world but rather a school of love and prayer to learn to enter more deeply into humanity. Their goal was to shout the gospel not so much with their mouths as with their lives.

Brennan Manning

#19. To love anyone is to hope in him for always. From the moment at which we begin to judge anyone, to limit our confidence in him, from the moment at which we identify him with what we know of him and so reduce him to that, we cease to love him and he ceases to be able to be better.

Charles De Foucauld

#20. To receive the grace of God you must go to the desert and stay awhile.

Charles De Foucauld

#21. What great faith our Lord Jesus Christ asks of us - and how just that is. Do we not owe him such faith? It looks impossible to us, but Jesus is Master of the impossible.

Charles De Foucauld