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Poetry is the Devil's wine.

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The one who sings, prays twice.

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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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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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And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth? is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain thee?

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For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'And the angel that spoke in me, said to me...' He does not say, 'Spoke to me' but 'Spoke in me'.

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I do not comprehend all that I am. Is the mind, therefore, too limited to possess itself?

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Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

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Lord, thou madest us for thyself, and we can find no rest till we find rest in thee.

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Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself - the latter in God.

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If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God: for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.

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Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.

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Where love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?

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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

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Our heart is restless until it rests in You.

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We speak, but it is God who teaches.

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Salvation is God's way of making us real people.

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The one who is our very Life descended into our world, and bore our death, and slew it with the abundance of His own life. Thundering, He called out to us to return to Him in heaven.

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You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.

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In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.

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