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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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There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.

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He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.

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I thought that continence was a matter of our own strength, and I knew that I had not the strength: for in my utter foolishness I did not know the word of Your Scripture that none can be continent unless You give it.

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Oh, beauty, ever ancient and ever new.

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The world's verdict is conclusive.

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And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though all heretics wish to be called Catholics, yet when a stranger asks where the Catholic Church meets, no heretic will venture to point to his own chapel or house.

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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

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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, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.

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God is not a deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.

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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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The playthings of our elders are called business.

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The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.

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The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it brings no advantage, it does much harm by unprofitably disturbing the Church.

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Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God; hence Truth itself said, 'Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.'

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I was unhappy and so is every soul unhappy which is tied to its love for mortal things; when it loses them, it is torn in pieces, and it is then that it comes to realize the unhappiness which was there even before it lost them.

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The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity.

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Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.

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