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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.

Saint Augustine

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Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.
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Look One Liner Place Right Sin Wrong
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
The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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One Liner Peace Purpose War
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Complete Easy Moderation Perfection
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Gift God Preparation Respond Slow
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 who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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Consent Creation God Help Save
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Fashion Hell One Liner
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Friendship Missing Want
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Goodness Live Time
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
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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God Love
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
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Dazzle Flory Inspirational Wound
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Dazzle Flory Inspirational Wound
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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Body Die Forever Future Live Soul Take Care
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
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Eternity Gain Life Merit Positive Purpose
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
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
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
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Achievement Adventure Fall In Love God Greatness Human Romance Seek
Love has reasons that reason knows not.
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Love One Liner Reason
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
Forgiveness is the remission of sins.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
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Advantage Close Eyes Inspirational Light
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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Beware Command Despair God Trust Yourself
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
We made bad use of immortality, and so ended up dying; Christ made good use of mortality, so that we might end up living.
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Die Ending God Immortal Live Mortal

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