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If you are at Rome live in the Roman style if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.

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The world has been created for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves. For not merely the possession of the earth, but the very sky, the air, and the sea are claimed for the use of the rich few... The earth belongs to all, not just to the rich.
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Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.
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The devil tempts that he may ruin God tests that he may crown.
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True repentance is to cease from sin.
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Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light.
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For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?
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Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.
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It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.
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Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there might be food in common for all, and that the earth should be in the common possession of all. Nature created common rights, but usurpation has transformed them into private rights.
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It is not enough just to wish well we must also do well.
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In some causes silence is dangerous.
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Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)
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But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
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As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.
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There is no time of life past learning something.
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Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.
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The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the elements of this world constantly batter and crash against her, she offers the safest harbor of salvation for all in distress.
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The Psalms are the voices of the church.
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When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
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When in Rome, live as the Romans do. When elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.
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