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We are not raised the first day to the summit of perfection. It is by climbing, not by flying, that we arrive there. — St, Bernard.

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What we do for ourselves during life is more certain than all the good we expect others to do for us after death. — St. Gregory the Great.

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Idleness begets a discontented life. It develops self-love, which is the cause of all our misery, and renders us unworthy to receive the favors of divine love. — St. Ignatius.

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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God. — St. Bernard.

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If the devil tempts me by the thought of divine justice, I think of God's mercy; if he tries to fill me with presumption by the thought of His mercy, I think of His justice. — St. Ignatius.

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In time of temptation continue the good thou hast begun before temptation. — St. Vincent Ferrer.