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In the eyes of the sovereign Judge the merit of our actions depends on the motives which prompted them. — St. Gregory the Great.
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The benefits to be derived from spiritual reading do not merely consist in impressing on the memory the precepts set forth, but in opening the heart to them, that they may bear fruit — Ven. Louis de Blois.
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As clouds obscure the sun, so bad thoughts darken and destroy the brightness of the soul. — Ven. Louis of Granada.
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To judge rightly of the goodness and perfection of any one's prayer, it is sufficient to know the disposition he takes to it, and the fruits he reaps from it — St. Vincent de Paul.
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To commence many things and not to finish them is no small fault; we must persevere in whatever we undertake with upright intention and according to God's will. — Bl. Henry Suso.
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The perfect champion is he who establishes complete control over his mind by overcoming temptations and the inclination of his nature to sin. — Ven. John Tauler.
