Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
ST. JEROMESo valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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For 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.
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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