Quotes by Charles de Foucauld

Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916) — Mystiker · Katholisch · Frankreich

Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916) war ein französischer Offizier und katholischer Priester, der nach einer radikalen Bekehrung als Eremit in der algerischen Sahara unter den Tuareg lebte. Er steht für das Ideal einer stillen Christusnachfolge in Armut und Gastfreundschaft als „universeller Bruder“, wenngleich seine Nähe zum französischen Kolonialmilitär historisch kritisch diskutiert wird. Bibellesern vermitteln seine Schriften und Gebete bis heute ein Beispiel für bedingungsloses Gottvertrauen und gelebte Solidarität mit den Ärmsten.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Discipleship, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Prayer & Silence, Service & Love of Neighbour, Love, Guidance & God's Will, Witness & Mission

Quotes by Charles de Foucauld

My task is to sow. Others will reap. I must hold the door open until others cross the threshold.
Charles de Foucauld

One can do infinite good to people without words, without preaching, without fuss.
Charles de Foucauld

Part of your calling is to proclaim the Gospel from the rooftops — not through words, but through your life.
Charles de Foucauld

Everyone who loves God also loves the silence at his feet.
Charles de Foucauld

The best prayer is the one that contains the most love.
Charles de Foucauld

Everyone who is to bear fruit must experience the desert.
Charles de Foucauld

We tend to put deeds with visible success in first place. God gives love the first place.
Charles de Foucauld

God, who has given every leaf its place, will also show me mine.
Charles de Foucauld

After I recognized that there is a God, it became impossible for me not to live for him alone.
Charles de Foucauld

The weakness of human possibilities is the source of strength. Jesus is the master of the impossible!
Charles de Foucauld

God is with us today. Is that not enough?
Charles de Foucauld

I become glad that God is God.
Charles de Foucauld

There is no moment in our life in which we could not take a new path.
Charles de Foucauld

The gracious God, who leads us as he pleases, has prepared things powerfully and gently, long in advance.
Charles de Foucauld

Praying, by that I do not mean reciting memorized prayers, but simple adoration with or without words; remaining at God's feet in the will, in the intention, to adore him.
Charles de Foucauld

A single soul is worth more than the whole Holy Land and than the totality of all creatures, if senselessly piled up. One must not go where the earth is holiest, but where souls are in the greatest distress.
Charles de Foucauld

Hope is nothing other than trust in the endlessness of divine love.
Charles de Foucauld

We are not threatened by our enemies, but by ourselves. Our enemies can only win us victories. The real evil we suffer comes solely through and from ourselves. There is only one remedy: back to the Gospel.
Charles de Foucauld

Even if you stand in first place somewhere, be last in spirit and in humility.
Charles de Foucauld

It is not enough to give to the one who asks. One must give to the one who needs!
Charles de Foucauld

God builds from nothing.
Charles de Foucauld

How great is the Lord's kindness, who lets us share, so to speak, in his power by giving such value to our prayers!
Charles de Foucauld

In some situations, faith means obeying without understanding.
Charles de Foucauld

Open your heart wide to receive what God gives!
Charles de Foucauld

God always helps those who serve him. God never abandons a person. It is the person who so often abandons God.
Charles de Foucauld

One does not choose a calling oneself, one receives it, and must strive to recognize it. One must lend one's ear to the voice of God, to detect the signs of his will. And once his will is known, one must do it, whatever it may be, whatever the cost.
Charles de Foucauld

Everything that does not lead to knowing God better and serving him better is wasted time.
Charles de Foucauld

Whoever lacks love for even a single person cannot please God.
Charles de Foucauld

To love God is to will what he wills.
Charles de Foucauld

Live in such a way that tomorrow you could die as a martyr.
Charles de Foucauld

My Father, I abandon myself to you. Do with me as you will. Whatever you may do with me, I thank you. I am ready for anything, I accept everything. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures — I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend my soul; I offer it to you with all the love of my heart, for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself, to surrender myself into your hands without reserve, and with boundless confidence, for you are my Father.
Charles de Foucauld

Sources: americamagazine.org, cnewa.org, wikipedia.org, ncregister.com

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