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Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.

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All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross.

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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

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In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.

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Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.

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It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up.

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They who shall enter into [the] joy [of the Lord] shall know what is going on outside in the outer darkness. . .The saints'. . . knowledge, which shall be great, shall keep them acquainted. . .with the eternal sufferings of the lost.

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A wanton eye is a messenger of an unchaste heart.

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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

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What am I then, my God? What is my nature? A life varied, multifaceted and truly immense.

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Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen. He either permits it to happen, or He brings it about Himself.

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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.

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If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.

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Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

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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.

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Who can control this when its appetite is aroused? No one! In the very movement of this appetite, then, it has no "mode" that responds to the decisions of the will ... Yet what he wishes he cannot accomplish ... In the very movement of the appetite, it has no mode corresponding to the decision of the will.

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It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.

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If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman's hell.

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Hell was made for the inquisitive.

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I acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I remember nothing; for Thou hast appointed that man should from others guess much as to himself; and believe much on the strength of weak females.

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