De Foucauld Charles Quotes & Sayings

Did you mix the flour with water before you added it?
Water? Martha didn't say anything about water. That bitch. — Emma Chase

What is this peace, different from that which the world gives? This peace is the one your love gives ... a peace greater than suffering, not a peace without war, but a peace in spite of war, during war, above war, the peace of the soul, having, through love, its whole life in heaven and thus enjoying the peace of heaven in spite of everything which may happen on earth around it and against it. - from Michel Carrouges, Soldier of the Spirit — Charles De Foucauld

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

So are you here alone or is there someone looking daggers at my back right now, ready to challenge me to a duel? — Somi Ekhasomhi

The ethical rule is from Samuel Johnson who believed that maintenance of easily removable ignorance by a responsible office holder was treacherous malfeasance in meeting moral obligation. The prudential rule is that underlying the old Warner & Swasey advertisement for machine tools: "The man who needs a new machine tool, and hasn't bought it, is already paying for it". The Warner & Swasey rule also applies, I believe, to thinking tools. If you don't have the right thinking tools, you, and the people you seek to help, are already suffering from your easily removable ignorance. — Charlie Munger

The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything. — Charles De Foucauld

Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said, "The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything." Never to be afraid of anything, even death, which, after all, is but that final breakthrough into the open, waiting, outstretched arms of Abba. — Brennan Manning

The moment I realized that God existed, I knew that I could not do otherwise than to live for him alone ... Faith strips the mask from the world and reveals God in everything. It makes nothing impossible and renders meaningless such words as anxiety, danger, and fear, so that the believer goes through life calmly and peacefully, with profound joy- like a child, hand in hand with his mother. — Charles De Foucauld

You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way. — Charles De Foucauld

Until the arrival of Spanish troops in 1920, Chefchaouen had been visited by just three Westerners. Two were missionary explorers: Charles de Foucauld, a Frenchman who spent just an hour in the town in 1883, disguised as a Jewish rabbi, and William Summers, an American who was poisoned by the townsfolk here in 1892. The third, in 1889, was the British journalist Walter Harris, whose main impulse, as described in his book, Land of an African Sultan, was "the very fact that there existed within thirty hours' ride of Tangier a city in which it was considered an utter impossibility for a Christian to enter". Thankfully, Chefchaouen today is more welcoming towards outsiders, and a number of the Medina's newer guesthouses now include owners hailing from Britain, Italy and the former Christian enemy, Spain. — Daniel Jacobs

We should never forget the two axioms: 'Jesus is with me' and whatever happens, happens by the will of God. — Charles De Foucauld

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

If you are not guided by God, you will be guided by something or someone else. — Eric Liddell

The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity. — Charles De Foucauld

Interns are invisible. You can tell an executive your name a hundred times and that executive will never remember it because they have no respect for someone at the bottom of the barrel, working for free. — Shane Kuhn

The fully mature man or woman, he said, has about two seconds left to live. — Gregory David Roberts

You love the way air moves. And now I can no longer breathe. — Pleasefindthis

Players are artists who create their own reality within the game. — Shigeru Miyamoto

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

Cry the Gospel with your whole life. — Charles De Foucauld

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

By 12.30, Giles had consumed five gin-rickies, four gin-and-tonics, three gin-and-its, two gin-and-bitters, and one gin. — Martin Amis

George Burns was the father I never had. — Bobby Darin

Bravery in not the absence of fear — Thabiso Monkoe

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

I feel like I'm constantly falling behind. I feel like every day I'm out of the office I'm falling behind. — Marc Andreesen

There was no smell, no texture, no temperature to it. It had as much substance as a politician's promise. — Patrick Thomas

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

Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time. — Charles De Foucauld

To receive the grace of God you must go to the desert and stay awhile. — Charles De Foucauld

Your father never fit in here either. He never fit in anywhere. It's part of what I like about him." Troubled, — Brandon Sanderson

Cold didn't worry him unduly. Given that his normal body temperature was way below human levels, the dip in the river had been no more than refreshing, certainly not deadly. — Marcus Sedgwick

The moment I realized God existed, I knew that I could not do othewise than to live for Him Alone ... Faith strips the mask from the world and renders meaningless such words as anxiety, danger and fear, so the believer goes through life calmly and peacefully, with profound joy
like a child, hand and hand with his mother. — Charles De Foucauld

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