Abbe Pierre Quotes

• I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Family, Uncategorized

  Tags in Various

• It’s true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Humanity

  Tags in True, Exchange

• Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Prepare, Providence

• The question I asked Georges has now become a general one – You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Thought, Place

• People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people’s faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Challenge, Truth

  Tags in People

• Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Illness, State

• It’s not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Pray, Enough

• My family background was deeply Christian.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Deeply

• Hope is not a matter of age.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Age

  Tags in Hope, Matter

• After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in War, Parliament, Law

• The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Process, School, Pilgrimage

• Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Thinking

• What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Hopelessness, Fight

• When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

  Abbe Pierre

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Despair, Lives, Young

Abbe Pierre (14)

Birth:	5th August, 1912
Death:	22nd January, 2007
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Chaplain, Priest

About

L'Abbé Pierre, GOQ was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees. Abbé means abbot in French, and is also used as a courtesy title given to Catholic priests in French speaking countries. He was one of the most popular figures in France, but had his name removed from such polls after some time.

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