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Do not wish to be anything but what you are -- and try to be that perfectly.
~St. Francis de Sales |
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| "Remain silent, and you will never regret it. Speak, and you often will." -St. Josemaria Escriva |
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Blimey - that last time I heard St. Josemaria Escriva quoted was when Lumi was around!
But that one is a good one! |
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| Dove wrote: |
But that one is a good one! |
Easier said than done though...  |
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| Claire wrote: | | Dove wrote: |
But that one is a good one! |
Easier said than done though... |
Indeed - and I'm not sure Josemaria Escriva was actually one to keep his opinions to himself very much! |
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No, and I am sure he liked the sound of his own voice better than anyone else's. (Please, no-one say, "Don't we all".)
If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments; we'd have the Ten Suggestions. Malcolm Bradbury |
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| Dove wrote: | | Claire wrote: | | Dove wrote: |
But that one is a good one! |
Easier said than done though... |
Indeed - and I'm not sure Josemaria Escriva was actually one to keep his opinions to himself very much! |
Wise words though...  |
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The bard....
The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
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| “This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.” - Saint Augustine |
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More Saint Augustine Quotes..
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
He that is jealous is not in love.
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
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