Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
ST. JEROMEA false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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