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"Alternate translation: Come brethren, if you have a mind to be ingrafted in the vine, It is a pity to see you lopped off in this manner From the stock. Reckon up the prelates in the very see of Peter; And in that order of fathers see which has succeeded which. This is the rock over which the proud gates of hell prevail not."
"Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law."
"Love God, then do what you will."
"The diversity of language alienates man from man"
"The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it."
"I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it was consecrated with the words of the Gospel and they received it without pretence on their part and with some degree of faith. However, it would not avail them for their spiritual salvation if they were lacking in that charity by which they might be implanted in the Catholic Church."
"The world's verdict is conclusive."
"To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit."
"Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472)."
"What is time? If I am not asked, I know; if I am asked, I don't."
"Woman was merely man's helpmate, a function which pertains to her alone. She is not the image of God but as far as man is concerned, he is by himself the image of God."
"The ministry is a weight from which even an angel might shrink"
"The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls."