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"Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed."

"Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed."

St. Jerome, Croatian Saint

Work, Devil, May

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"Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you."

"Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you."

St. Jerome, Croatian Saint

Peace, Soul, Earth, Heaven

41

"Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night."

"Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night."

St. Jerome, Croatian Saint

Marriage, Night, Sleep

37

"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain."

"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Life, Action, Class, Pain

35

"The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit."

"The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

34

"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."

"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

33

"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

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"Where there is injury let me sow pardon."

"Where there is injury let me sow pardon."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Compassion, Injury

32

"A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept."

"A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept."

St. Jerome, Croatian Saint

Friendship, Friend, Difficulty

31

"It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look."

"It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

31

"He that is jealous is not in love."

"He that is jealous is not in love."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

31

"It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater."

"It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

Love, Daughters, Gain, May

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"To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience."

"To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

30

"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."

"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Moderation, Abstinence

30

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Man, Men, God, Compassion, Pity

30

"O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it."

"O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

God, Soul, Praise, Tongue

29

"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."

"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

29

"For it is in giving that we receive."

"For it is in giving that we receive."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

29

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

29

"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."

"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

God, Surrender, Will

27

"Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging."

"Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Glory, Name, Order, Sun

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"Pain is never permanent."

"Pain is never permanent."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

27

"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."

"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

27

"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist."

"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

27

"If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed."

"If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Conscience, Man, Order

26

"God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person."

"God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

God, Virtue, Wrong

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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."

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

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

26

"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him."

"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

26

"All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."

"All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

26

"Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'."

"Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Soul, Church, Living, Prayer

25

"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

25

"When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal."

"When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal."

Saint Ambrose, Italian Saint

Church, Custom, Rome, Scandal

25

"The purpose of all wars, is peace."

"The purpose of all wars, is peace."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

25

"If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him."

"If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him."

Edith Stein, German Saint

25

"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too."

"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

God, Feeling, Journey

24

"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."

"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

Work, God, Charm, Reward

24

"Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."

"Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Christian, Christ, Gifts, Grace, Overcoming

24

"There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience."

"There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience."

Saint Ambrose, Italian Saint

Conscience, Evil, Mind, Nothing

24

"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger."

"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger."

Saint Basil, Greek Saint

Society, Abundance, Hunger, Man, Rain

24

"We cannot both preach and administer financial matters."

"We cannot both preach and administer financial matters."

Saint Stephen, Palestinian Saint

Finance, Financial

24

"My longing for truth was a single prayer."

"My longing for truth was a single prayer."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Truth, Longing, Prayer

23

"The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are."

"The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are."

Edith Stein, German Saint

23

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Nature, Miracles

23

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

23

"Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible."

"Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Happiness, Man, Wishes

22

"Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point."

"Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Intelligence, Children, Creation

22

"To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that."

"To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

Life, Courage, Lies

22

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Forgiveness, Being

21

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

21

"We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot."

"We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Self-Improvement, Vices

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