Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
ST. JEROMEIf a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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