A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they do, whereby his superiority may be apparent.


Saint Bernard

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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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Custom is second nature.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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He who labours, prays.
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
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Hear the other side.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of h...
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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God is best known in not knowing him.
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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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To seek the highest good is to live well.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Love, and do what you like.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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This world's a bubble.
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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
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Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meani...
SAINT IGNATIUS
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospe...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are fall...
SAINT BASIL
Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
SAINT JEROME
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
SAINT JEROME
Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true.
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive a...
SAINT BASIL
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbou...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Unless you believe, you will not understand.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
The argument is at an end.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep...
SAINT IGNATIUS
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-p...
SAINT STEPHEN
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast red...
SAINT AMBROSE
We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.
SAINT STEPHEN
In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out cl...
SAINT IGNATIUS
On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who...
SAINT PATRICK
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,...
SAINT AMBROSE
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights...
SAINT BASIL
The greatest evil is physical pain.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all hu...
SAINT BASIL
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long cours...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, a...
SAINT IGNATIUS
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Th...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work...
SAINT IGNATIUS
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful ...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
SAINT BASIL