"A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil."
- St. Dominic -
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- St. Dominic -
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"My dear son, be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patienlty."
- St. Francis of Assisi -
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- St. Francis of Assisi -
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"To be a reactionary is to understand that man is a problem without a human solution."
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila -
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- Nicolás Gómez Dávila -
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"Our Lady has never refused me a grace through the recitation of the Rosary."
- St. Padre Pio -
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- St. Padre Pio -
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"Our Lady has never refused me a grace through the recitation of the Rosary." - St. Padre Pio - @EuropeanThoughts
I can say from my experience, the Rosary changed my life.
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"The thought follows the look, delight comes after the thought; and consent after delight. Do not say that you have a chaste mind if your eyes are unchaste, because an unchaste eye betrays an unchaste heart."
- St. Augustine -
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- St. Augustine -
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"The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted."
- Søren Kierkegaard -
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- Søren Kierkegaard -
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"Anyone who is capable of speaking the truth but remains silent, will be heavily judged by God."
- St. Basil the Great -
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- St. Basil the Great -
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"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."
- G.K. Chesterton -
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- G.K. Chesterton -
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"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!"
- St. Catherine of Siena -
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- St. Catherine of Siena -
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"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself."
- Søren Kierkegaard -
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- Søren Kierkegaard -
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"We must have patience, and little by little, correct and overcome our bad habits, for life on the whole is a continual warfare."
- St. Francis de Sales -
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- St. Francis de Sales -
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"The vigor with which you resist the enemy will be the measure of the reward which will follow the combat."
- St. Ignatous of Loyola -
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- St. Ignatous of Loyola -
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"Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow."
- St. Augustine -
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- St. Augustine -
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"Humility, humility, and always humility, Satan fears and trembles before humble souls."
- St. Padre Pio -
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- St. Padre Pio -
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"I care not where my body may take me as long as my soul is embarked on a meaningful journey."
- Dante Alighieri -
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- Dante Alighieri -
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"As the reading of bad books fills the mind with worldly and poisonous sentiments; so, on the other hard, the reading of pious works fills the soul with holy thoughts and good desires."
- St. Alphonsus de Liguori -
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- St. Alphonsus de Liguori -
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"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."
- C.S. Lewis -
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- C.S. Lewis -
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