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If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and…
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He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover…
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The eternal spring is hidden in this living bread for our life's sake, although it is night. It is here calling out…
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and…
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on…
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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire…
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed...
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Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of…
— Charles Stanley
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All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the…
— Wernher von Braun
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Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.
— Peter Damian
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One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.
— George D. Prentice
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A testimony is a most precious possession because it is not acquired by logic or reason alone, it cannot be purchased with…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much…
— John of the Cross
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Material esteem is not self esteem. One allows A person to feel good because of earthly possessions. The other allows a person…
— Terrance Battle
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I've worked with a lot of great people, so I've gotten a lot of great advice. But I think the one I…
— Elisabeth Moss
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Value your relations, not earthly possessions. Only when you do so would you understand the true meaning of life. Live life king…
— Melchor Lim
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