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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?

St. Jerome

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Deep Mistake Origin Water
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Civilization Man Suffering
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Athlete Himself Inspirational Motivational
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Act Action Talk Word
Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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Compare Evil Goodness Marriage Oneself Talk Virgin
Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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Marriage Religious Sacred Vice
A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Heart Idol Religious Vice
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Humanity Move Power True
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Big Life Live Ourselves Short
They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Angel Live Man One Liner Talk
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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Death Faith God Life Love Oneself Purity Service
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Enemy Photograph Reflection
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek

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