"It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same."
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"It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls."
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"All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture."
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"We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble."
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"Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted."
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"If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good."
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"I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself."
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"All things pass... Patience attains all it strives for."
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"The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him."
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"True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes."
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"Anyone who truly loves God travels securely."
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"We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints."
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"For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway."
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"Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man."
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"How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!"
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"Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did not wish to deceive me, but the fact was that they knew no better. Of something which was a venial sin, they said it was no sin, and out of a very grave mortal sin they made a venial sin. This has done me such harm, that my speaking here of so great an evil, as a warning to others, will be readily understood."
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"Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans."
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"Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite."
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"Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense; for they, as it were, see that He is looking upon them, while others may go for days on end without even once recollecting that God sees them."
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"Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence."
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