St. Philip Neri said.....

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"When we make this prayer to our Blessed Lady, we give her every possible praise in the least possible compass, because we call her by her name of MARY, and give her those two great titles of Virgin, and Mother of God, and then name JESUS, the fruit of her most pure womb."

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"The things of this world do not remain constantly with us, for if we do not leave them before we actually die, in death at least we all infallibly depart as empty-handed as we came."

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"To pray well requires the whole man."

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"The discipline and other like things ought not to be practiced without the leave of our confessor; he who does it of his own mind, will either hurt his constitution or become proud, fancying to himself that he has done some great thing."

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"God takes especial delight in the humility of a man who believes that he has not yet begun to do any good."

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"Before going to confession or taking counsel with our director, it will be very useful to pray for a sincere good will to become a really holy man."

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"He who runs away from one cross, will meet a bigger one on his road."

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"Christ died for sinners; we must take heart, therefore, and hope that Paradise will be ours, provided only we repent of our sins, and do good."

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"Never let a sick man set himself to reason with the devil, otherwise he will inevitably be taken in; let him appeal to his ghostly father, of whom the devil stands in mortal fear."

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"He who serves God must do the best he can not to receive the reward of his labors in this world."

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"In giving alms to the poor we must act as good ministers of the Providence of God."

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"He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms."

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"Perfection cannot be attained without the greatest toil."

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"As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality."

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Even in the midst of the crowd we can be going on to perfection.