God, in a man who is made partaker of His nature, desireth and taketh no revenge for all the wrong that is or can be done unto Him. This we see in Christ when He saith: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." ... Theologia Germanica June 21, 1998 Alas! day by day we ask that His Will may be done, and yet, when it comes to the doing, we find it so hard! We offer ourselves so often to God -- we continually say, "Lord, I am Thine, I give Thee my heart," and when He accepts it, we are such cowards. How dare we call ourselves His, if we cannot shape our own wills to His?


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If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it tender...
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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for w...
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There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love -- every man works his oar voluntarily...
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It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal time...
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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Do not wish to be anything except what you are.
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Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantl...
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Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, ...
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Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in consi...
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Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becom...
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gen...
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for an...
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, ...
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is n...
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantl...
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
Have patience with all things but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value a...
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness,
And nothing as tender as true strength.
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can ...
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in consi...
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If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it tender...
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for an...
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you a...
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship, as experience shows that the ...
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust
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Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.
FRAN
Sometimes, when you are worn down, day after day, relentlessly, with no reprieve for years piled on ...
LEILA SALES
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.
JOHN SALES
Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.
SOUPY SALES
Well, you can't have heartbreak without love," Dan pointed out. "If your heart was really broken, th...
LEILA SALES
I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you eve...
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But I also felt like an eggshell that had gotten a tiny crack. You can’t repair something like tha...
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Sometimes you just have those days where everything goes wrong. But sometimes, and totally unexpecte...
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We all want things that aren't good for us.
LEILA SALES
Don't you ever want to have just one thing that no one else knows about, so no one can ruin it for y...
LEILA SALES
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by
JOHN SALES
I think usually when we are against the wall we probably dig a little deeper,
NYKESHA SALES
The thing about being an artist," Dad said, folding his newspaper and setting it down on the table, ...
LEILA SALES
That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure o...
LEILA SALES
Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable.
LEILA SALES
They have made some changes and have new looks. We may have swept them during the season, but they a...
NYKESHA SALES
Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round any...
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Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together i...
LEILA SALES
This should have been a red flag, I realize in retrospect. Working really hard on anything is, by de...
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It wasn't an effect of alcohol. It was more like we got drunk on the night.
LEILA SALES
Of course, as always, there is an arbitrary, invisible fence in place. You can't see it, but it will...
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In Bio last year, I learned that blood is actually a dark maroon when it's inside your body. It's th...
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I liked projects where I could take things apart and figure out exactly how they worked. The problem...
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I had never killed myself before, so I had no idea what would I want to listen to when it was too la...
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Anyone who said I believe in you obviously didn't know me very well.
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I was smiling like a crazy person because I has just made a hundred people dance, I had just made a ...
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Tonight the Internet seemed filled with versions of me, like a fun house filled with mirrors. Some o...
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Which to you have?' Mel asked, blocking the entry with his body. 'Talent or issues?' I paused for a ...
LEILA SALES
You can't tell me my feelings are overwrought or absurd. You don't know. They are my feelings.
LEILA SALES
People have to create some sort of art so they have something to think about other than their shitty...
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But you know better than anyone how the Internet sees everything and nothing, all at the same time.
LEILA SALES
I do want to believe that there's some place in the world that's more mature than high school," Vick...
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Don't be special." That's what I would say to my younger self if I could pinpoint the moment when I ...
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I don't believe that anyone who is a legitimately interesting person can be popular as a teenager," ...
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I didn’t know. I feel sometimes like…there are all these rules. Just to be a person. You know? Y...
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Sometimes you have to give up something you are to get to who you want to be.
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I had this feeling suddenly. I get this feeling a lot, but I don’t know if there’s one word for ...
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People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be.
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