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When you are offended or annoyed by others, do not allow your thoughts to dwell on them or on anything relating to them. For example,…

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Our Lord Christ Himself strikes down our enemies through us, or in company with us. For he who eats Christ's flesh and…
You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same'…
The Lord said: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (Jn. 15:5). So for the duration of our life, every day and at…
We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him, and…
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the…
Total surrender to the will of God actually is sacrificing oneself as a burnt offering to God. The proof of this state…
... do not listen to vain and empty talk, in which the majority of world-loving people spend their time, and do not…
... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb…
... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite…
The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show…
Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner…
When you are offended or annoyed by others, do not allow your thoughts to dwell on them or on anything relating to…

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For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it… — Plutarch
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O marvelous Sacrament! How can I find words to praise you! You are the life of the soul, the medicament healing our… — Louis of Granada
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My dog does not care where heat comes from, but he cares that it comes, and soon. Indeed he considers my ability… — Aldo Leopold
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Yesterday, two firefighters with the Florida Division of Forestry were killed while working on the Blue Ribbon Fire in Florida. On behalf… — John Godfrey Saxe
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Money cannot buy the fuel of love but is excellent kindling. — Wystan Hugh Auden

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