Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
ST. JEROMEIf a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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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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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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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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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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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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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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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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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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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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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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