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The thief who received the kingdom of heaven, though not as the reward of virtue, is a true witness to the fact…
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All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved only through…
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Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.
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It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ, to…
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No other virtue makes man more equal to the angels, than the imitation of their way of life.
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God can be sensed when we gaze with trembling hearts at that power of his which controls, guides, and rules everything, when…
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The Doctor of our souls has placed the remedy in the hidden regions of the soul.
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If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone…
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
— Samuel Butler
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives…
— Smith Wigglesworth
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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other…
— Richard Sibbes
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Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.
— Yi-Fu Tuan
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Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that…
— Richard Baxter
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I have lived a carnal life. My view of life is 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two…
— Sam Kinison
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God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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