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" Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. "

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" Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. "

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" Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. "

" To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. "

" Love is the beauty of the soul. "

" If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend. "

" Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood. "

" If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me? "

" Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. "

" Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. "

" Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. "

" What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels. "

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Jealousy

Fear

" God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. "

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Were

" To seek the highest good is to live well. "

" Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. "

" There is no possible source of evil except good. "

" Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. "

" The purpose of all wars, is peace. "

" He who labours, prays. "

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Who

Labours

" O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. "

" Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. "

" In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. "

" It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. "

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No Law

Law

" Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. "

" Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. "

" My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is. "

" This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. "

" Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. "

" Love, and do what you like. "

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You

Love

" If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. "

" Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. "