Robert Sarah

We bishops ought to tremble at the thought of our guilty silences, our complicit silences, our over-indulgent silences in dealing with the world.

— Robert Sarah

When he drapes himself in silence, as God himself dwells in a great silence, man is close to heaven, or, rather, he allows God to manifest himself in him.

— Robert Sarah

At the heart of man there is an innate silence, for God abides in the innermost part of every person.

— Robert Sarah

It is true, Archbishop Tchidimbo was very strict, intensely upright, and endlessly demanding. He used to come visit us at the minor seminary in Kindia. I remember that he insisted on the importance of spiritual qualities, and especially good character, moral integrity, and honesty. I can still hear him thunder to the class: "The first reason to expel a seminarian is for duplicity, the second, for duplicity, and the third, for duplicity."

— Robert Sarah

On that September morning I spent more than an hour with John Paul II. During the meal he asked me my age. I told him that I was thirty-four years old. He then let out a great burst of laughter and exclaimed: "But then you are a baby bishop! Un vescovo Bambino!" There was no arguing with that; I was at that time the youngest bishop in the world...

— Robert Sarah

We all must march to the same drum as Christ. The Church is reformed when the baptized march more resolutely toward holiness, allowing themselves to be recreated in the likeness of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.

— Robert Sarah

After his encounter with Jesus, a real Christian changes his conduct.

— Robert Sarah

On the question of marriage, there is a gulf between some people and the Church. The question, therefore, becomes quite simple: Must the world change its attitude, or must the Church change her fidelity to God?

— Robert Sarah

Many expect, as something normal, that God should pour out his mercy on them while they remain in sin...

— Robert Sarah

Two millennia ago, the apostles followed Christ. They left everything, and their lives were never again the same. The path taken by the apostles is still a model today.

— Robert Sarah

Sin blurs man's face. Now Christ came not only to save mankind but also to repair what sin had broken, to snatch man away from everything that disfigures him, so as to restore to human destiny all its breadth and fulfillment.

— Robert Sarah

All human life is a struggle against the shackles of evil, against the slavery of sin, in order to regain true freedom.

— Robert Sarah

Baptized persons have the duty to believe not only with their heart but also with their intellect.

— Robert Sarah