Sayings of St.Chavara to the Children
- Children, you are Gods investment in the hands of you parents.
- The children who have love of God and fear of God will love and respect
- Trust your mother, God will hear the mother’s request like the baby’s request.
- Wisdom and purity should be spiritual food like food for natural growth.
- Go to school regularity and recall to mind what is taught during the week.
- Laziness foster evil habits
- Let your friends be those who love God.
- Good friends will make you good.
- Keeping of bad books is like hiding fire in straw.
- Regular reading of good book and meditating on it, will illumine the mind.
- Attain punctuality by means of regular time table
- You angel, will be turned to devils. if you fall in to evil situation.
- You ought to reach home before evening and take part in the evening payers.
- Your attire and sanctity ought to be according to your age.
- Immoderate attire will only lead you to evil.
- Let your ability be in piety regulating your life and controlling your senses.
- You ought to love truth and justice.
- What you earn by deceit and theft will melt like snow.
- Your profession according to your knowledge and age.
- Let there be no day in your life in which you did no good to others.
- Let not the insult and quarrels of others be a case of hatred and enmity.
- Do not insult or trouble the poor people.
- God decide your vacation and you choose it.
- When you choose your partner in life. Choose one who has a good character and good manners.
- Even if you grown in age and maturity you have to accept your parents and submit to them.
- Do not hate your own brethren.
- It is the duty of children to look after their parents.
- Do not be the case of your parents shedding tears on account of you.
- The humble man is the greatest among men.
- Since you belong to God, you should be given back to God .
