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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…
• He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover…
• The eternal spring is hidden in this living bread for our life's sake, although it is night. It is here calling out…
• Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
• The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
• Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and…
• Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
• Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
• In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
• A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on…
• Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire…
• The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed...

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