St. Philip Neri said.....

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"Let persons in the world sanctify themselves in their own houses, for neither the court, professions, or labor, are any hindrance to the service of God."

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"Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts."

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"In order to be really obedient, it is not enough to do what obedience commands, we must do it without reasoning upon it."

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"Our Blessed Lady ought to be our love and our consolation."

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"The good works which we do of our own will, are not so meritorious as those that are done under obedience."

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"The most beautiful prayer we can make, is to say to God, 'As Thou knowest and willest, O Lord, so do with me.' "

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"When tribulations, infirmities, and contradictions come, we must not run away in a fright, but vanquish them like men."

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"It is not enough to see that God wishes the good we aim at, but that He wishes it through our instrumentality, in our manner and in our time; and we come to discern all this by true obedience."

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"In order to be perfect, we must not only obey and honor our superiors; we must honor our equals and inferiors also."

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"In dealing with our neighbor, we must assume as much pleasantness of manner as we can, and by this affability win him to the way of virtue."

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"A man who leads a common life under obedience, is more to be esteemed than one who does great penance after his own will."

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"To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines."

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"He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Savior, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool."

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"Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God's graces than through His most holy mother."

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"A man should force himself to be obedient, even in little things which appear of no moment; because he will thus render the practice of obedience in great matters easy to himself."