The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
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Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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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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The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.
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Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
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Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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