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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.

Saint Augustine

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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Accomplishment Action Advance Glory Humility Value Virtue Work
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
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Decision Earthquake Errupt Love Madness Temporary
Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Adversity Brave Cheer Endurance Love Moderate Prosperity Suffering
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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Believe Faith Reward
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
To sing is to pray twice.
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Prayer Religious Sing
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
It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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Book Light Mind Reading Truth
Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.
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Angel Dance Heaven Learn
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Believe Rejection Truth Yourself
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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God Money Need Poor Receive
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Ansence Justice Organize Robber
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
He that is jealous is not in love.
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Couple Jealousy Love One Liner
If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Bad Forgiveness Justice Man Suffering
Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
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Faith Politics

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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