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Calculation never made a hero.

John Henry Newman

You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.
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Eye Religious Waiting
Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Art Beauty Nature
Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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Artist Better Lions
God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
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Given Missions Priceless
Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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Cures Evil Flagrant
To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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Found Function Science
It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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Judgment Matter Said
By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Garden Peace Spiritual
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Dark Light
Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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Catholic Heaven Part
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Catholic Love Soul
Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel’s) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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Angel Beautiful Light
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
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Change Inspirational Wish
I wonder what day I shall die on – one passes year by year over one’s death day, as one might pass over one’s grave.
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Death might Years
The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Mother Religious Today
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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Act Since Wish

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