Some Quotes of St. Charbel

(St. Charbel - found here)

“Do not sell your souls in the markets of this world. Your souls are very valuable. Whatever price the world may pay you, it is too low a price compared to your souls’ true value. Do not sell your souls because the world cannot pay you the true price. The true price is paid only by the blood of Christ, fully paid on the cross.”

“When you make a mistake, admit it. Admit your misdeed, confess it, and correct as much as you can. Acknowledging the error and correcting it build you up and not put you down. Fix what you can and confess to God that which you cannot fix. He will fix what you are not able to fix and make up for what you are not able to make up for.”

“Do not justify your mistake with your good intentions. ... What counts are the fruits of your labor and the consequences of your words. The good intention is the argument of the ignorant and ignorance resembles sleep. You do not realize you are sleeping until you awake. Wake up the sleepers. When they are awake, they understand they were sleeping. Do not speak with a sleeper; he does not hear you. Wake him up and then speak to him.”

“The more the holiness grows in man, the more he ceases to see it. When he observes his holiness, then it will have vanished.”

“Ponder in your mind the word you will say like the stone-thrower rotates the stone in the sling. The stone thrower does not cast his stone unless he is sure of his aim. The word in your mouth is like the stone in the sling, once released you will not be able to take it back. If your word will not reach its target, do not throw it because it will hurt. Inappropriate words will surely cause harm. Avoid using ambiguous language and only choose the word that has only one explanation. Be a good example instead of only giving good advice. Whenever you see a wrong, correct it in silence, rather than blaming loudly.”

“Always distinguish between your desires and your needs. Man longs for many things he does not need, and needs many things he does not desire. Your wealth is measured by the lack of your needs, not by the plenitude of your possessions. Everything you think you possess in this world, in reality, it owns you. Whatever you think is under your dominion in this world, in reality, it is dominating you. All the things in this world which you seek to control make you a partner of the evil one. You exist in this world to give and serve, not to possess and command.”

“Do not eat to satiety, eat to quell your hunger. For man knows when he is no longer hungry but does not know when he is full. Man’s satiety has no limits.”

“On the Lord’s way, if you stand back a step, the Devil makes you go back ten. However, if you advance one step, the Lord helps you advance a hundred.”

“Begin nothing on earth unless it has its end in heaven; do not walk on a path that does not lead to heaven.”

~St. Charbel