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Any woman who does not give birth to as many children as she is capable is guilty of murder.

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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

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Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

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Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.

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For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts are crushed do you draw close. You will not let yourself be found by the proud, nor even by those who in their inquisitive skill count stars or grains of sand, or measure the expanses of heaven, or trace the paths of the planets.

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Whoever is still seeking for miracles so that he may believe is himself a wonder, who does not believe while the world around him does.

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The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is to say, if they use freely and cheerfully what they have received, He will add to and perfect His gifts.

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Love has reasons that reason knows not.

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I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

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Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.

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

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Poetry is devil's wine.

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Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

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Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

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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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We come to God by love and not by navigation.

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It was not the visible sun, but its invisible Creator who consecrated this day for us, when the Virgin Mother, fertile of womb and integral in her virginity, brought him forth, made visible for us, by whom, when he was invisible, she too was created. A Virgin conceiving, a Virgin bearing, a Virgin pregnant, a Virgin bringing forth, a Virgin perpetual. Why do you wonder at this, O man?

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The greatest evil is physical pain.

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In the Mass the blood of Christ flows anew for sinners.

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