"If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men."
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"To sing is to pray twice."
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"Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do."
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"Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence."
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"Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament."
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"Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act."
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"Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness."
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"In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love."
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"Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it."
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"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
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"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"
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"God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them."
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"Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord! He will not draw back and let you fall! Put your worries aside and throw yourself on him; He will welcome you and heal you."
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"He who is filled with love is filled with God himself."
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"When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness."
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"He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist."
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"It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed."
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"For you [God] are infinite and never change. In you "today" never comes to an end: and yet our "today" does come to an end in you, because time, as well as everything else, exists in you. If it did not, it would have no means of passing. And since your years never come to an end, for you they are simply "today.""
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"Love is the beauty of the soul."
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"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."
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