Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.
FULTON J. SHEENHumility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
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A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.
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Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, ‘God is hard to find.
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Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
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You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.
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Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don’t like to open a letter that has bad news.
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How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it?
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.
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If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don’t have any faith.
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Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
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Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.
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All badness is spoiled goodness. A bad apple is a good apple that became rotten. Because evil has no capital of its own, it is a parasite that feeds on goodness.
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Love was meant to be also a sign, a symbol, a messenger, a telltale of the Divine. Love is a messenger from God saying that every human affection and every ecstasy of love are sparks from the great flame of love that is God.
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It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
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The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order.
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