"As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers"
St Augustine
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"A man should keep himself down, and not busy himself in mirabilibus super se."
St Philip Neri
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"Before a man chooses his confessor, he ought to think well about it, and pray about it also; but when he has once chosen, he ought not to change, except for most urgent reasons, but put the utmost confidence in his director."