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Presbyter Inspirational Quotes (856)

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Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care makes us into rulers, controllers, manipulators.
Henri Nouwen
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I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.
Saint Augustine
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Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.
Henri Nouwen
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When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world.
Henri Nouwen
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God always fills in all hearts all the room which is left Him there.
Frederick William Faber
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We should try to learn the nature of [the spirit of revelation]. . . . This is the grand means that the Lord has provided for us, that we may know the light, and not be groveling continually in the dark.
Lorenzo Snow
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God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world.
Henri Nouwen
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It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wishes to forsake God his blessedness, misery should forthwith result.
Saint Augustine
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Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil-it seizes up.
Romano Guardini
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Love God, then do what you will.
Saint Augustine
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Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
Vincent McNabb
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The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls.
Saint Augustine
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God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him.
Saint Augustine
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True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of their lives in their own hearts.
Henri Nouwen
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What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
Saint Augustine
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All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let's live with hope.
Henri Nouwen
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A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words
Saint Augustine
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In uniting yourself to God's will, you take on new life and gather great courage, willingly embracing the cross and kissing His hand even when it chastises you, a hand that reaches out to you in love and has no other intention but your greater spiritual well-being.
Paul of the Cross
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Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him.
Saint Augustine
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Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.
Saint Augustine
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The measure of love is to love without measuring.
Saint Augustine
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Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.
Henri Nouwen
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The argument is at an end.
Saint Augustine
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Would that everyone might know that I would be already damned if it were not for Mary!
Louis de Montfort
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