St. Chavara to Children
- Let those who love God be your Friendsâ€.
- “Engage in the works suited to your age and educationâ€.
- “Got to School regularly and review the learning material and renew your memory every weekâ€.
- “The greatest among you is the one who is the humblestâ€.
- “Children you are God’ investments in the hands of your parentsâ€.
- “Laziness fosters evil habbitsâ€.
- “The children who have love of God and fear of God will love and respect their parentsâ€.
- Wisdom and purity should be your spiritual food like food for natural growthâ€.
- “Good friends will make you goodâ€.
- “Keeping bad books is like hiding fire in the strawâ€.
- “You ought to love truth and justiceâ€.
- “Trust your mother; God will hear the mother’s requests like the baby’s requestsâ€.
- “Attain punctuality by means of regular timetableâ€.
- “You angels will turn to be devils if you fall into evil situationsâ€.
- “Regular reading of Good books and meditating on it will illumine the mindâ€.
- You ought to reach home before evening and take part in the evening prayersâ€.
- Your attire and sanctity ought to be according to your ageâ€.
- “Immoderate attire will only lead you to evilâ€.
- “Let your ability be in piety regulating your life and controlling your sensesâ€.
- “What you earn by deceit and theft will melt like snowâ€.
- “Let there be no day in your life in which you did no good to othersâ€.
- “Do not insult or trouble the poorâ€.
- “It is the duty of the children to look after their parentsâ€.
- “Even if you are grown in age and maturity you have to accept your parents and submit to themâ€.
- “Do not be the cause of your parents shedding tears on account of youâ€.
- “Since you belong to God, you must be given back to Godâ€