"Men should often renew their good resolutions, and not lose heart because they are tempted against them."
St Philip Neri
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"What good does it do to speak learnedly about the Trinity if, lacking humility, you displease the Trinity? Indeed it is not learning that makes a man holy and just, but a virtuous life makes him pleasing to God. "
Thomas á Kempis
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"It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides.
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