A true Christian is made by faith and love toward Christ. Our sins do not in the least hinder our Christianity, according to the word of the Savior Himself. He deigned to say: not the righteous have I come to call, but sinners to salvation; there is more joy in heaven over one who repents than over ninety righteous ones. Likewise concerning the sinful woman who touched His feet, He deigned to say to the Pharisee Simon: to one who has love, a great debt is forgiven, but from one who has no love, even a small debt will be demanded. From these judgments a Christian should bring himself to hope and joy, and not in the least accept an inflicted despair. Here one needs the shield of faith.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the pr... ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA He, the Life of all, our Lord and Saviour, did not arrange the manner of his own death lest He shoul... ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in ... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a ... MECHTHILD OF MAGHEBURG Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where th... FRANCIS OF ASSISI Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. ... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle. FRANCIS OF ASSISI We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have... FRANCIS OF ASSISI How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the pr... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with whic... TERESA OF AVILA You can lease the peace of mind You bought a mask, I put it on. You never thought to ask me If I wea... SISTERS OF MERCY Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. TERESA OF AVILA Hope is the poor man's bread. THALES OF MILETUS It is vain to do with more what can be done with less. WILLIAM OF OCCAM Suddenly is the soul oned to God when it is truly peaced in itself: for in Him is found no wrath. An... JULIAN OF NORWICH What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost. ROBERT OF DONCASTE True repentance is to cease from sinning. AMBROSE OF MILAN True recollection has characteristics by which it can be easily recognized. It produces a certain ef... TERESA OF AVILA We BAND OF BROTHERS If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerab... CRITIAS OF ATHENS My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman un... EARL OF ARRAN I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. ARCHIBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Read Homer once, and you can read no more. For all books else appear so mean, and so poor. Verse wil... DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which you have to consider before setting out on ... TERESA OF AVILA Shun security. THALES OF MILETOS Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him th... CATHERINE OF SIENA I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue. XENOCRATES OF CHALCEDON He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. MENANDER OF ATHENS Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it. CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of f... EARL OF CHESTERFIELD Most men are bad. BIAS OF PRIENE Character is fate. (Destiny) HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnera... CRITIAS OF ATHENS Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. HIPPOCRATES OF IPHICRATES Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest n... MECHTHILD OF MAGDENBURG Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony. HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child. KNIGHTS OF PYTHAGORAS Manners maketh man. WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You as... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO [Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wick... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO