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Nun Inspirational Quotes (405)

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Our Lord Himself, I saw alone in him, both in his and my part of this Venerable Sacrament. For, Oh, Amabilia! How awful those words of unloosing, after thirty years of bondage! I felt as if my chains fell, as those of Saint Peter at the touch of the divine messenger. My God, what new scenes for my soul!
Elizabeth Ann Seton
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The Buddha himself said, I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it. And that's the Buddha.
Tenzin Palmo
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In times gone by there lived a Count of Ponthieu, who loved chivalry and the pleasures of the world beyond measure, and moreover was a stout knight and a gallant gentleman
Marie de France
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I think if you really start practicing, the energy comes. I was always very happy and grateful for the opportunity to have the time, solitude and good health to be able to do it.
Tenzin Palmo
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Peasant people ... don't have a chance to share in the riches that the planet can offer because some people are taking off so much of the pleasures of this world, and there's only so much to go around.
Dorothy Stang
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An evil discovered is half healed.
Jane Frances de Chantal
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Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
Hildegard of Bingen
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Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have had the misfortune to offend Him, He is always ready to receive you, provided you return humbly to Him.
Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Lord # God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.
Mother Angelica
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The Blessed Virgin used me like a broom, and then put me back in my place.
Bernadette Soubirous
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The nature of the mind is completely incredible.
Tenzin Palmo
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Every time we look at the Blessed Sacrament our place in heaven is raised forever.
Gertrude the Great
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In prayer one must hold fast and never let go, because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other.
Jane Frances de Chantal
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Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint Francis.
Maria Monk
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I remember asking my mother if she believed in reincarnation and she said that that sounded very sensible, and I thought, yes, it does to me too. So I always believed in it. I can't remember when I didn't.
Tenzin Palmo
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There are no difficulties except for those who worry too much about tomorrow.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
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It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pure love of God to reign therein.
Margaret Mary Alacoque
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When so rich a harvest is before us, why do we not gather it? All is in our hands if we will but use it.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
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There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.
Tenzin Palmo
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All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion and I felt something like indecision.
Maria Monk
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The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation.
Wendy Beckett
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Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time.
Maria Monk
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The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them.
Marie de France
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If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect you, then that is not a very meritorious motivation.
Tenzin Palmo
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