Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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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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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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