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"And I will ask the Father, and He shall give you another Paraclete, seeing He saith this of the Holy Spirit, Whom except we have, we can neither love God, nor keep His commandments?"
"If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing."
"Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive."
"Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing."
"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."
"Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking."
"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."
"The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer."
"All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross."
"Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not."
"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell."
"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."
"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance."
"Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger."
"We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation."
"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."
"Beauty is the brilliance of truth."
"I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within"
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed."
"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."