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Scriptura sacra mentis oculis quasi quoddam speculum opponitur, ut interna nostra facies in ipsa videatur. Holy scripture is placed before the eyes o….
To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail..
The pastor should always be pure in thought ... no impurity ought to pollute him who has undertaken the office of wiping away the stains in the heart….
What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?.
The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue….
Because He moves against faults, God is said to be angered, although He is moved by no disturbance of equanimity..
Because God that is immutable changes what He willed, He is said to repent, although what changes is a thing and not His counsel..
We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder.
The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our spiritual deformities and be….
You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly..
You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord..
The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man..
If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good..
The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the height….
Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility may ….
Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard..
Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it..
I despise the proper constructions and cases, because I think it very unfitting that the words of the celestial oracle should be restricted by the ru….
The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love..
If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ….
The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist..