"The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience."
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"There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church."
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"We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future."
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"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."
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"Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil."
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"Let us sing a new song, not with our lips, but with our lives."
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"Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves."
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"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."
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"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."
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"I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me."
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"You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run."
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"Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity."
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"Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend."
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"He that is jealous is not in love."
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"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending."
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"Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities."
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"The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed."
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"I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me."
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"Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation."
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"Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail."
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