Quotes about Reception

It is not, we see, of ourselves, that we either know the truth, or love it, or abide in the profession of it. We have nothing of this kind but what we have received. Humility in ourselves, usefulness towards others, and thankfulness unto God, ought to be the effects of this consideration.

Las circunstancias son el medio por el que el alma recibe lo que le corresponde.

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

Whatever is received into something is received according to the condition of the receiver

In truth, Jesus did not, in his own time, attract much notice.

If one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going to work until you get it in front of an audience.

It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually... even a hundred times a day, in sickness and in health, with immeasurable grace and profit.

If God said it, I want to believe it. If God gives it, I want to receive it. If God shows it, I want to perceive it. If Satan stole it, I want to retrieve it.