He is rich enough who does not want bread.
ST. JEROMEEither 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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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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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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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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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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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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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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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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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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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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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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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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