"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself."
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"Grace flows through wounds."
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"Power isn't having the world at your fingertips; it is having the world at your fingertips and being able to give it up!"
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"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
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"The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever."
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"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."
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"The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary."
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"Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity."
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"The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision."
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"We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God"
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"The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else."
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"The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man."
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"Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive."
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"What does it take to become a saint? Will it."
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"Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works."
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"One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up."
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"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."
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"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."
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"I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation."
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"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."
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