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It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not...more

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God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.

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If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicte...more

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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for yo...more

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The soul is like an uninhabited worldthat comes to life only whenGod lays His headagainst us.

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Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

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Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understan...more

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Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; g...more

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God loves his creatures, and he loves each one the more, the more it shares his own goodness, which is the first and primary object of his love. There...more

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Friendship makes you feel as one with your friend.

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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

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The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his...more

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God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without itself being changed...more

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Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God.