Author: Vincent McNabb

Quotes

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

- Vincent McNabb

The deductive reasons for a course of action usually follow rather than precede the course of action. Thought follows life.

The deductive reasons for a course of action usually follow rather than precede the course of action. Thought follows life.

- Vincent McNabb

Though many men would be content to follow Christ by taking up their cross, few would be willing to follow Him by denying their reason.

Though many men would be content to follow Christ by taking up their cross, few would be willing to follow Him by denying their reason.

- Vincent McNabb

We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.

We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.

- Vincent McNabb

Marriage is an indissoluble state of life wherein a man and a woman agree to give each other power over their bodies for the begetting, birth, and upbringing of offspring.

Marriage is an indissoluble state of life wherein a man and a woman agree to give each other power over their bodies for the begetting, birth, and upbringing of offspring.

- Vincent McNabb

Certain gifts God makes to the human soul without its asking or desiring; but there are other gifts which the grown-up soul, with the use of reason, can only have by its desire.

Certain gifts God makes to the human soul without its asking or desiring; but there are other gifts which the grown-up soul, with the use of reason, can only have by its desire.

- Vincent McNabb

Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.

Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.

- Vincent McNabb

How different would this country be if few were engaged in making money and many in making things.

How different would this country be if few were engaged in making money and many in making things.

- Vincent McNabb

The Virgin Birth is possible if there is a God. An Omnipotent Being who can do all things and yet cannot do some things is hardly worth our attack or defence.

The Virgin Birth is possible if there is a God. An Omnipotent Being who can do all things and yet cannot do some things is hardly worth our attack or defence.

- Vincent McNabb

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