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Let us leave to God and to truth the care of our justification, without trying to excuse ourselves, and peace will truly spring up within us. — Ven. John Tauler.

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Read good and useful books, and abstain from reading those that only gratify curiosity. — St. Vincent de Paul.

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So great is the goodness of God in your regard, that when you ask through ignorance for that which is not beneficial, He does not grant your prayer in this matter, but gives you something better instead. — St. Bernard.

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Men can use no better arms to drive away the devil, than prayer and the sign of the cross. — St. Teresa.

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He who knows well how to practise the exercise of the presence of God, and who is faithful in following the attraction of this divine virtue, will soon attain a very high degree of perfection. — St. Vincent de Paul.

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One of the most admirable effects of holy communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to