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Quotes by Saint
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
79
"Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet."
66
"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."
64
"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."
61
"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."
58
"O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams."
56
"I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him."
53
"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."
52
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."
50
"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."
49
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best."
49
"To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it."
Sin,
46
"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"
46
"By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity."
43
"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."
42
"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."
41
"Action without a name, a "who" attached to it, is meaningless."
41
"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price."
39
"To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."
37
"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
36
"Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied."
31
"You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God."
30
"No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more."
29
"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider."
27
"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."
26
"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
24
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