Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
ST. JEROMEIf 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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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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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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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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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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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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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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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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Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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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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