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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.


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If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.



You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.



In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.



The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.



What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.



No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.



If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.



The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.



Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.





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