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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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A marriage without children is the world without the sun.
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Make me a captive Lord, then I shall be truly free.
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That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left hidden whether some of the faithful may be saved, some more slowly and some more quickly in the greater or lesser degree in which they loved the good things that perish, through a certain purgatorial fire.
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Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.
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By the fall a poison was handed to mankind through a woman [Eve], by the Redemption man was given salvation also through a woman [Mary].
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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A young man had become possessed by a devil. The thing within him burst into loud lamentation and departed from the man. At once the youth's eye fell out on his cheek, and the whole of the pupil which had been black became white.
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Let us sing a new song, not with our lips, but with our lives.
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For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next...They are set up on the course of their existence, and the faster they climb towards its zenith, the more they hasten towards the point where they exist no more.
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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
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If you understand, it is not God.
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Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?
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It is not often that we use language correctly usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.
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We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
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Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail.
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
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