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Quotes by Saint
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
144
"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."
141
"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance."
137
"Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet."
127
"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."
123
"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."
120
"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"
119
"To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it."
Sin,
118
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."
115
"O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams."
114
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best."
106
"I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him."
105
"Action without a name, a "who" attached to it, is meaningless."
101
"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."
99
"If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend."
98
"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."
92
"Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied."
92
"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
91
"To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."
88
"You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God."
80
"By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity."
68
"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price."
68
"Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield."
67
"Right is right even if no one is doing it, wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it."
60
"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
55
"No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more."
54
"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider."
53
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