When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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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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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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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