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The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.
Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.
Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil!
Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?
This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.
I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.
It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks.
Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.
If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.
When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.
One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.
Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of God.
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.
The pains of hell are not the greatest part of hell; the loss of heaven is the weightiest woe of hell.
The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.
If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.
Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?
Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.
Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.
Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.
Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.
It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.
Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts
What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?
If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.
Shall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade?
Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.
What shepherd feeds his sheep with his own blood? But Christ feeds us with His own Blood and in all things unites us to Himself.
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.
Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.
Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.
An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.
It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.
When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.
When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.
We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.
What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.
And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature.
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.
The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil.
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.
...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.
I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.