Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine. Pio of Pietrelcina More Quotes by Pio of Pietrelcina More Quotes From Pio of Pietrelcina 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. Pio of Pietrelcina prayer spiritual blow Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him. Pio of Pietrelcina study meditation book Why fly like a hen when you can soar like an eagle? Pio of Pietrelcina hens soar eagles In books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart. Pio of Pietrelcina prayer heart book In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do. Pio of Pietrelcina soul suffering order 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. Pio of Pietrelcina simplicity hate way Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant? Pio of Pietrelcina passing-moments heaven mean Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer. Pio of Pietrelcina summer spring beautiful Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the one as well as by the other one arrives all the same at a Blessed Eternity? Keep far from you excessive preoccupation which arises from the trials which the good God wishes to visit upon you. Pio of Pietrelcina blessed home worry The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace. Pio of Pietrelcina shining soul fire It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself. Pio of Pietrelcina suffering prayer humble In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up. Pio of Pietrelcina lines spiritual steps It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass. Pio of Pietrelcina thursday would-be world We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of the use we make of it up to the last cent. Pio of Pietrelcina lasts use giving On this earth everyone has his cross. But we must act in such a way that we be not the bad, but good thief. Pio of Pietrelcina thieves suffering earth 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. Pio of Pietrelcina reading spiritual book You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased. Pio of Pietrelcina pleasing-god ifs Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You. . . Pio of Pietrelcina soul lord want Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help. Pio of Pietrelcina mother helping needs Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls. Pio of Pietrelcina soul suffering jesus