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The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls.

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A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according to God, by Whom the world itself was made; for he is warned by the precept of the apostle and faithfully hears what has been said, 'Beware that no one deceive you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the elements of the world'

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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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For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

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What do I love when I love my God?

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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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Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.

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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

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It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.

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Not all, nor even a majority, are saved. . . They are indeed many, if regarded by themselves, but they are few in comparison with the far larger number of those who shall be punished with the devil.

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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.

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If there is something more excellent than the truth, then that is God; if not, then truth itself is God.

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He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon.

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Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou it. It has that within which must offend Thine eyes; I confess and know it. But who shall cleanse it? or to whom should I cry, save Thee? Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults, and spare Thy servant from the power of the enemy. I believe, and therefore do I speak.

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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

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The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.

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Whole prayer is nothing but love.

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The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

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The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.

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