Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

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A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.

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An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

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At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.

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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

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What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.

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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

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Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

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