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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed, when 'the Word became flesh and dwelt among us' (Jn. 1:14).

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Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven;' and again, 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it; ' no one becomes a member of Christ except it be either by baptism in Christ, or death for Christ.

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The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

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In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.

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Indifferent acts are judged by their ends sins are judged by themselves.

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We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.

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Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.

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Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.

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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

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Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.

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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

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Modo, et modo, non habebent modum. By-and-by has no end.

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Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still twist and turn upon the ebb and flow of things in past and future time. But if only their minds could be seized and held steady, they would be still for a while and, for that short moment, they would glimse the splendor of eternity, which is forever still.

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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

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God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one; but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things.

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Love, and He will draw near; love, and He will dwell within you.

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God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.

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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

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Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves.

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