"Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence."
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"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves."
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"Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept."
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"The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!"
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"Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean, do not be disturbed because of your imperfections, and always rise up bravely from a fall. I am glad that you make a daily new beginning; there is no better means of progress in the spiritual life than to be continually beginning afresh, and never to think that we have done enough."
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"By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well."
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"He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect."
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"While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice."
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"Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you."
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"Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously."
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"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something.""
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"Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off."
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"By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God."
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"You learn to love by loving."
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"If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness."
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"O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to her hive; so the Priest, having taken the Saviour, God's Own Son, Who came down from Heaven, the Son of Mary, Who sprang up as earth's choicest flower, from the Altar, feeds you with that Bread of Sweetness and of all delight."
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"Those who commit these types of scandals are guility of the spiritual equivalent of murder, but I, here among you to prevent something far worst for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal- who allow scandals to destroy faith- are guilty of spiritual suicide."
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"True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice."
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"Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God."
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"Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company in uncomely apparel; but, at the same time, avoid all affectation, vanity, curiosity, or levity in your dress. Keep yourself always, as much as possible, on the side of plainness and modesty, which, without doubt, is the greatest ornament of beauty, and the best excuse for the want of it."
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