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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More St. Jerome Quotes
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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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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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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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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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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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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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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