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"We must not make a false faith by hiding from our thoughts the causes of doubt, for faith is the highest achievement of the human intellect, the only gift man can make to God, and therefore it must be offered in sincerity."
"The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
"When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete."
"The Americans have many virtues, but they have not Faith and Hope. I know no two words whose meaning is more lost sight of."
"May God be pleased to make it known to you, and fill you increasingly with His Spirit, so that through you it may be poured into the souls you guide, and your own soul may be more greatly sanctified!"
"I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you."
"If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him."
"We are still tossed about by the disturbances of this life, which is like a stormy sea, where those who are not attached to J[esus] C[hrist] and the duties of their state, as was our dear departed, are shipwrecked."
"So, do not dwell any longer on what you are, but consider Our Lord close by you and within you, ready to put His hand to the work as soon as you call upon Him for help, and you will see that all will go well."
"I feel so strongly about the truths Our Lord taught us by word and example that I cannot help but see how everything done according to that teaching always succeeds perfectly well, while things done the opposite way have a quite different result."
"If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness."
"...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons."
"Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim"
"The biggest disease in North America is busyness."
"Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it."
"Jurists say that a capital crime submerges all lesser crimes; and so it is with faith. Its absurdity makes all petty difficultiesvanish."
"That is the great fact which you ought to remember. We are the children of the Almighty, we are sparks of the infinite, divine fire. How can we be nothings? We are everything, ready to do everything, we can do everything, and man must do everything."
". . . Have patience and be faithful unto death. Do not fight among yourselves. Be perfectly pure in money dealings. . . . We will do great things yet. . . . So long as you have faith and honesty and devotion, everything will prosper."
"Do not disturb the faith of any. . . Our duty is not to disturb the faith of others."
"Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them."
