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Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!

Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!

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Long, Age, Add

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

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Adversity, Men, Virtue
St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1543, Moody Publishers

It is futile to wish for a long life, and then to give so little care to living well.

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Life, Long, Giving

God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.

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Encouragement, Love You, Important

Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fastingBut those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him.

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Jesus, Drinking, Adversity

Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.

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Anger, Able, Firsts

Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.

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Heart, Acceptance, Men

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

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Sight, Mind, Of Sight Out Of Mind

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.

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Soul, Study, Invisible

Love wakes much and sleeps little and, in sleeping, does not sleep. It faints is not weary; it is restricted in its liberty and is great freedom. It sees reasons to fear and does not fear, but, like an ember or a spark of fire, flames always upward, by the fervor of its love, toward God, and through the special help of grace is delivered from all perils and dangers

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Sleep, Fire, Flames

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

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Bears, Crosses, Ifs
'De Imitatione Christi' bk. 2, ch. 12, sect. 5

Know all and you will pardon all.

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Forgiveness, Pardon, Knows
"Imitation of Christ". Book by: Thomas a Kempis,

Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself it makes what is heavy light; and bears evenly all that is uneven.

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Love Is, Light, Bears

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

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Art, Imperfection, Mold

Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.

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Men, Anxiety, Soul

Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

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Life, Views, Intelligence

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

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Men, People, Soul

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

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Inspirational, Loss, Weakness

Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.

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Simplicity, Purity, Enjoy

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.

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Love, Thinking, Criminal Mind

Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

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Love, Wise, Perfect

He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.

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Honor, Littles, Height
St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1516, Moody Publishers

Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.

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Jesus, Life And Death, Helping
Thomas a Kempis, Aeterna Press (1947). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.87, Aeterna Press

The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.

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Heart, Doors, Enemy
Thomas a Kempis (2013). “The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music”, p.25, Cambridge University Press

Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things, take refuge in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His Sacred Wounds. For if you devoutly seek the Wounds of Jesus and the precious marks of His Passion, you will find great strength in all troubles.

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Jesus, Prayer, Passion

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