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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Saint Augustine

Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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Acceptance Believe Heaven Rational Reason Seek Soul
No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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Church Father God Mother
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Compassion One Liner Patience Wisdom
We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
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Future God Love Mercy Mistake Past
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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Defend Inspirational Lion Lose Truth
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Explanation Time
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Body Command Instant Meet Mind Obey Resistance
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Character Discover Love Observe People
Truth is not private property.
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Justice One Liner Private Property Truth
The measure of love is to love without measure.
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Love Measure One Liner
If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.
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Correct Goodness Growth Love Pardon Root Silence Speak
Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Faith Politics
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Crime Despair God Lord Save
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Gift God Preparation Respond Slow
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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Anger Beautiful Courage Daughter Hope
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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God Love

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

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