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"To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble"
"Put no faith in salvation through the political order."
"What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith."
"Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue."
"If you don't believe it you won't understand it."
"Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself."
"Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things."
"The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences."
"Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love."
"True happiness is to rejoice in the truth, for to rejoice in the truth is to rejoice in You, O God, who are the truth... Those who think that there is another kind of happiness look for joy elsewhere, but theirs is not true joy."
"Where love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?"
"Love, and He will draw near; love, and He will dwell within you."
"He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon."
"Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me."
"A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words"
"Salvation is God's way of making us real people."
"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."
"For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism."
"Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?"
"The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth."