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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false becau...  
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think i...  
By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within oursel...  
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.  
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.  
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to constru...  
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will p...  
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hid...  
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is t...  
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; th...  
For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipote...  
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has ...  
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.  
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.  
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil ...  
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.  
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.  
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a sl...  
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul...  
I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered,'' ...  
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee wit...  
I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!  
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautif...  
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.  
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you w...  
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are th...  
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't...  
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?   Government
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happin...  
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that make...  
Love is the beauty of the soul.   Love
Love, and do what you like.  
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves...  
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know...  
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from ...  
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.  
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark c...  
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.  
Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.  
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Chri...  
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working ou...  
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living...  
Patience is the companion of wisdom.  
People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge wa...  
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything d...  
Punishment is justice for the unjust.  
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.  
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may ...  
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.  
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy p...  
The greatest evil is physical pain.  
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conq...  
The purpose of all wars, is peace.  
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experienc...  
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.  
There is no possible source of evil except good.  
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection...  
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest...  
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by si...  
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.  
We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he wil...  
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the ...  
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Ha...  
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to ...   Time
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great...