Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. Votes: 12
Good taste rejects excessive nicety. Votes: 0
That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison. Votes: 0
Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others. Votes: 0
It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God. Votes: 0
The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people. Votes: 0
The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls. Votes: 0
Pity enlarges the heart. Votes: 0
Speak, move, act in peace... Votes: 0
Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. Votes: 0
I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me. Votes: 0
All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels. Votes: 0