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"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."

"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

7

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr."

"It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Cause, Martyr, Punishment

7

"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

7

"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence."

"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence."

Saint Basil, Greek Saint

Power, Existence, Forget

7

"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

7

"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

7

"My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is."

"My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Experience, Thoughts, Vision, Light

7

"O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet."

"O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

7

"Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them."

"Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them."

Saint Basil, Greek Saint

Comfort, Loss, Measure, Will

6

"He shall sit solitary by avoiding the company of men, he shall hold his peace by meditating upon the joys of heaven, and he has risen above his state by tasting celestial delights."

"He shall sit solitary by avoiding the company of men, he shall hold his peace by meditating upon the joys of heaven, and he has risen above his state by tasting celestial delights."

Saint Sequoyah, Italian Saint

Peace, Men, Company, Heaven

6

"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

6

"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

6

"The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness."

"The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness."

Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

Cause, Causes, Pain, Sickness, Suffering

6

"My longing for truth was a single prayer."

"My longing for truth was a single prayer."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Truth, Longing, Prayer

6

"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

6

"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."

"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

6

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."

Saint Basil, Greek Saint

Friendship, Love, Courtesy, Deed

6

"We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides."

"We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides."

Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

6

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

Augustine of Hippo, Roman Saint

Habit, Necessity

6

"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

6

"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

6

"Pain is never permanent."

"Pain is never permanent."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

6

"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

6

"The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works."

"The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Beginning, Confession, Evil, First

6

"For it is in giving that we receive."

"For it is in giving that we receive."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

6

"We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs."

"We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

6

"One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman."

"One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Employment, Profession, Woman

5

"Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone."

"Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone."

Edith Stein, German Saint

God, Order, Vocation

5

"That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."

"That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

5

"You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters."

"You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters."

Saint Bernard, French Saint

Books, Trees, Will

5

"The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins."

"The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

Heart, Understanding

5

"Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall."

"Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

Compassion, Deep, Lies

5

"If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me."

"If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

5

"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."

"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

Christian, Christ

5

"In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will."

"In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will."

Edith Stein, German Saint

God, Memory, Order, Spirit

5

"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels."

"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Anger, Love, Fear, Jealousy

5

"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

5

"No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God."

"No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

God, Truth, Thought, Ignorance

5

"Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?"

"Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?"

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Belief, Deep, Man

5

"On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love."

"On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Love, God, End, Question

5

"We cannot both preach and administer financial matters."

"We cannot both preach and administer financial matters."

Saint Stephen, Palestinian Saint

Finance, Financial

5

"The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church."

"The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church."

Edith Stein, German Saint

God, Heart, Church, Devotion

5

"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance."

"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Wisdom, Fear, Charity, Ignorance

5

"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

4

"I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many."

"I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

4

"In some causes silence is dangerous."

"In some causes silence is dangerous."

Saint Ambrose, Italian Saint

Cause, Causes, Silence

4

"As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love."

"As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Love, Men, God, Soul

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