Quotes from Alphonsus Liguori

God loves all those who love him: I love them that love Me.

It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.

Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.

Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction.

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.

Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you.

A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.

Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.

The definitions of the Church are the rules of true faith.

What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.