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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

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