Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication, whenever such as these are delinquent let them… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
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