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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take…
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In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself…
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I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
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Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I…
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It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person…
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Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.
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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence,…
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Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.
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Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.
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The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.
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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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The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments.
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The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of love. He…
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Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress it, since everything…
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Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be…
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