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Philip Neri quotes: We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

Philip Neri quotes: There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

Philip Neri quotes: Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: - Obedience! Humility! Detachment!

Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: - Obedience! Humility! Detachment!

Philip Neri quotes: Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.

Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.

Philip Neri quotes: The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.

The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.

Philip Neri quotes: He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.

He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.

Philip Neri quotes: He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

Philip Neri quotes: He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

Philip Neri quotes: It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

Philip Neri quotes: Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

Philip Neri quotes: He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

Philip Neri quotes: To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.

To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.

Philip Neri quotes: Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices.

Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices.

Philip Neri quotes: My Jesus, if you uphold me, I shall not fall.

My Jesus, if you uphold me, I shall not fall.

Philip Neri quotes: Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.

Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.

Philip Neri quotes: Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

Philip Neri quotes: The stench of impurity before God and the angels is so great, that no stench in the world can equal it.

The stench of impurity before God and the angels is so great, that no stench in the world can equal it.

Philip Neri quotes: My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.

My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.

Philip Neri quotes: Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.

Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.

Philip Neri quotes: Christian joy is a gift of God flowing from a good conscience.

Christian joy is a gift of God flowing from a good conscience.

Philip Neri quotes: The great thing is to become Saints.

The great thing is to become Saints.

Philip Neri quotes: First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

Philip Neri quotes: To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

Philip Neri quotes: Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God's grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.

Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God's grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.

Philip Neri quotes: A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

Philip Neri quotes: The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

Philip Neri quotes: Without mortification nothing can be done.

Without mortification nothing can be done.

Philip Neri quotes: The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

Philip Neri quotes: Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and he will come forth victorious.

Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and he will come forth victorious.

Philip Neri quotes: There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.

There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.

Philip Neri quotes: As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality.

As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality.

Philip Neri quotes: We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers.

We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers.

Philip Neri quotes: Heaven is not made for the slothful.

Heaven is not made for the slothful.

Philip Neri quotes: At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.

At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.

Philip Neri quotes: He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.

He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.