"It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment."
"I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being."
"A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend."
“If you concentrate hard on the state you are in, it would be suprising if you have time for anything else.”
“Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds the selfish man, by which he is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed (James 1:14). But neither fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor can they convert the soul. Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives.”
"We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place for those who love us."
“What we love we shall grow to resemble.”
Words from the Mellifluous Doctor upon the occasion of his saint day.
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