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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

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Every infinity... is made finite to God.

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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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Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

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I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not bid me to do so.

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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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Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?... A gang is a group of men... in which the plunder is divided according to an agreed convention. If this villainy... acquires territory, establishes a base, captures cities and subdues people, it then openly arrogates to itself the title of kingdom.

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Did my infancy succeed another age of mine that dies before it? Was it that which I spent within my mother's womb?... And what before that life again, O God of my joy, was I anywhere or in any body?

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

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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

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Whoever possesses God is happy.

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Woman was merely man's helpmate, a function which pertains to her alone. She is not the image of God but as far as man is concerned, he is by himself the image of God.

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

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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

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Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.

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Things are solved by walking around.

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People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.

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Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

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What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice.

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