"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."
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"In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You."
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"As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world, it may be understood that they are held as approved and instituted either by the apostles themselves, or by plenary Councils, whose authority in the Church is most useful, e.g. the annual commemoration, by special solemnities, of the Lord's passion, resurrection, and ascension, and of the descent of the Holy Spirit from heaven, and whatever else is in like manner observed by the whole Church wherever it has been established."
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"Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself - the latter in God."
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"God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves."
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"For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise."
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"For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared."
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"The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity."
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"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."
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"The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder."
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"You don't love in your enemies what they are, but what you would have them become by your prayers."
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"To seek the greatest good is to live well, and to live well is nothing other than to love God with the whole heart, the whole soul, and the whole mind: It is therefore obvious that this love must be kept whole and uncorrupt, that is temperance; it should not be overcome with difficulties, that is fortitude, it must not be subservient to anything else, that is justice; it must discriminate among things so as not to be deceived by falsity or fraud, that is prudence."
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"Any woman who does not give birth to as many children as she is capable is guilty of murder."
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"Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel."
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"Believe in order to Understand and Understand in order to Believe"
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"Except he be willing, man cannot believe."
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"Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct."
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"Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?... A gang is a group of men... in which the plunder is divided according to an agreed convention. If this villainy... acquires territory, establishes a base, captures cities and subdues people, it then openly arrogates to itself the title of kingdom."
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"In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty."
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"What difference, if you are mistaken? For if I am mistaken, I am. For he who is not, assuredly cannot be mistaken; and therefore I am, if I am mistaken. Therefore because I am if I am mistaken, how am I mistaken that I am, when it is sure that I am, if I am mistaken."
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