Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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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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If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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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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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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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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