Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
ST. JEROMEFor all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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