Quotes by Phil Bosmans

Phil Bosmans (1922–2012) — Ordenspriester, Bestsellerautor, Gründer von »Bund ohne Namen« · Römisch-katholisch · Belgien

Phil Bosmans war ein belgischer römisch-katholischer Ordenspriester und Seelsorger, der ab Ende der 1950er-Jahre von Antwerpen aus die Hilfsorganisation »Bund ohne Namen« aufbaute. Mit millionenfach verbreiteten Aphorismen und Lebenshilfebüchern warb er für gelebte Nächstenliebe und Zuversicht, wenngleich Kritiker seine Texte teils als allzu schlicht oder sentimental einstuften. Für Bibelleser zeigt sein Werk, wie christlicher Zuspruch und seelsorglicher Trost in eine verständliche, alltagsbezogene Sprache übersetzt werden können.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Love, Joy & Gratitude, Meaning & Identity, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Hope & Confidence, Faith & Trust, Patience & Waiting, Fear & Anxiety

Quotes by Phil Bosmans

Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot heal hate. Only love can do that.
Phil Bosmans

I believe in God the way a blind man believes in the sun — not because he sees it, but because he feels it.
Phil Bosmans

Today everything has to happen fast. In this time that has no time, try to remain human. Don't let yourself be rushed! Even the snail reached Noah's ark!
Phil Bosmans

You see everything differently, and much better, with eyes that have wept.
Phil Bosmans

Christianity: the love story between God and man.
Phil Bosmans

Jesus is the Word of God. Everything God has to say to humanity is: Jesus.
Phil Bosmans

There is one who thinks infinitely much of you.
Phil Bosmans

God has given every person something with which they can make others happy.
Phil Bosmans

From time to time you must learn to fly, like pilots in the fog. Trust blindly in another's guidance. Have patience, much patience also with yourself.
Phil Bosmans

Loneliness is God's audience chamber.
Phil Bosmans

God's friendship comes to meet you in every smile, in every flower, in every good word, in every hand, in every embrace.
Phil Bosmans

Love is like the sun. Whoever has it can lack much else. Whoever lacks love lacks everything.
Phil Bosmans

God is my oasis. Everything else is a mirage.
Phil Bosmans

Human, you are created in the image of God, who is love. With hands to give, with a heart to love, and with two arms just long enough to embrace another.
Phil Bosmans

Take time to be happy. Time is not a highway between cradle and grave, but a place to park in the sun.
Phil Bosmans

Fear of tomorrow comes a day too soon.
Phil Bosmans

When we look at flowers and birds and people because we truly love them, we always see much more, we discover miracles every day.
Phil Bosmans

Love, not an invention of man. An invention of God.
Phil Bosmans

Why does war give people so much strength to suffer? Why does peace not lead people to give up even a little?
Phil Bosmans

Do I even still know that I am made for joy?
Phil Bosmans

Being faithful is no great art when everything goes smoothly. Faithfulness shows itself when everything falls apart.
Phil Bosmans

Life becomes a feast when you can rejoice in the simple everyday things.
Phil Bosmans

A single word, if it only reaches the heart, can transform the heart.
Phil Bosmans

If you can delight in a flower, a smile, a child's play, then you are richer and happier than a millionaire who has everything. It is not possession that makes rich, but joy.
Phil Bosmans

You cannot strike the cross out of your life without being crushed by it.
Phil Bosmans

Don't start today with yesterday's broken pieces!
Phil Bosmans

Only water can transform a desert. Water is life. Love is living water.
Phil Bosmans

The last joys of life are quieter, but also deeper.
Phil Bosmans

The cause of pollution is man himself: the poisoning of his mind, the devastation of his soul.
Phil Bosmans

We can only truly become human in love. Love is the purchasing power of happiness.
Phil Bosmans

Angels are people who let light through. Where they are, it becomes bright and clear. Into a bleak world they bring a colorful ray of sunshine.
Phil Bosmans

A compliment is sunshine put into words.
Phil Bosmans

Do not begin today with yesterday's thorns!
Phil Bosmans

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Sources: munzinger.de, logo-buch.de, inmemoriam.be, bund-ohne-namen.de

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