Quotes from book
The Way

Name: The Way
Author: Josemaría Escrivá

The Way is a book about spirituality composed by Josemaría Escrivá, the initiator of the Roman Catholic religious organization Opus Dei. The book was published first during 1934 with the name Consideraciones espirituales. It received its present title during 1939. More than four and a half million copies have been sold, in 43 different languages.

“All the things of this world are no more than earth. Place them in a heap under your feet and you will be so much the nearer to heaven.”

Josemaría Escrivá book The Way

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“First, prayer; then, atonement; in the third place, very much 'in the third place', action.”

Josemaría Escrivá book The Way

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“True virtue is not sad or disagreeable, but pleasantly cheerful.”

Josemaría Escrivá book The Way

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“You are too calculating. Don't tell me you are young. Youth gives all it can: it gives itself without reserve.”

Josemaría Escrivá book The Way

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