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- Was it for my good that the rein was laid loose, as it were, upon me, for me to sin? or was it not laid…
- To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble…
- Far be it from us to doubt that all number is known to Him 'Whose understanding is infinite' (Ps. 147:5). The infinity of number, though…
- Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order of nature, so…
- He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him…
- Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If…
- In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity.
- In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept…
- If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are…
- Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest,…
- When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with…
- Poltinus the Platonist proves by means of the blossoms and leaves that from the Supreme God, whose beauty is invisible and ineffable, Providence reaches down…
- All plenty which is not my God is poverty to me.
- For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one knows which will…
- The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not…
- Does God proclaim Himself in the wonders of creation? No. All things proclaim Him, all things speak. Their beauty is the voice by which they…
- Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
- Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold…
- For you [God] are infinite and never change. In you 'today' never comes to an end: and yet our 'today' does come to an end…
- Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no…
- Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the…
- Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones,…
- Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a…
- Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, let me love…
- I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle