Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by …

- Philip Neri

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

It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting th…

- Philip Neri

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

- Philip Neri

The great thing is to become Saints.

- Philip Neri

We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it i…

- Philip Neri

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

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

- Philip Neri

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

- Philip Neri