"Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times."
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"Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop."
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"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."
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"If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love."
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"In all trouble you should seek God. You should not set Him over against your troubles, but within them. God can only relieve your troubles if you in your anxiety cling to Him. Trouble should not really be thought of as this thing or that in particular, for our whole life on earth involves trouble; and through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God."
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"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."
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"What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice."
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"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."
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"If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. Not that there are no other precepts to give, but if humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless."
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"Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume."
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"Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow."
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"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
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"Keep on adding, keep on walking, keep on progressing: do not delay on the road, do not go back, do not deviate."
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"Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain."
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"O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams."
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"He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing."
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"Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained."
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"Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don't you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion."
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"Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity."
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"Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence."
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