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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive ... that is where God is.
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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.
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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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He learned by experience that one train of thought left him sad, the other joyful. This was his first reasoning on spiritual matters.
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Laugh and grow strong
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For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.
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Go forth and set the world on fire.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Love is shown more in deeds than in words.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness
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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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Finding God in All Things.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India ... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences..
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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