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God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.

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The good man, though a slave, is free the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
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Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.
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You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
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For where I found Truth, there found I my God, the Truth itself which since I learnt, I have not forgotten.
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The truth is like a lion you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose it will defend itself.
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We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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You don't love in your enemies what they are, but what you would have them become by your prayers.
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Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.
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War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.
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