St. Philip Neri said.....

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"In temptations of the flesh, a Christian ought to have immediate recourse to God, make the sign of the cross over his heart three times, and say, 'Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.' "

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"As to temptations, some are mastered by flying from them, some by resisting them, and some by despising them."

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"In order to acquire prudence, and to make a good judgment, we must have lived long and been intimate with many people."

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"It is a great perfection in a heart when it is discreet and does not overstep the limits of convenience and what is befitting."

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"We must seek Christ where Christ is not, that is, in crosses and tribulations, in which truly He is not now, but we shall find Him in glory by this road."

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"Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul, because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God. We ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever; but go to confession first, and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last."

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"When we go to confession, we ought to persuade ourselves to find Jesus Christ in the person of our confessor."

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"Give me ten men really detached from the world, and I have the heart to believe I could convert the world with them."

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"He who communicates often, as he ought to do, brings forth good fruit: the fruit of humility, the fruit of patience, the fruit of all the virtues."

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"Penitents ought not to go to confession for temporal ends, to get alms and the like."

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"We ought to make no account of an immodest person, notwithstanding that he may possess other virtues."

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"The Holy Spirit says of prelates and pastors: He who hears and obeys his superiors, hears and obeys Me, and he who despises them, despises and disobeys Me."

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"If the servant of God would fain walk with more security through so many snares scattered in every place, he should have our Blessed Lady as his mediatrix with her Son."

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"The sick man may desire to get well, provided he seals his desire always with an 'If it please God,' 'If it is good for my soul;' for we can do many good things in health, which sickness hinders us from doing."

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"In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens, that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but he multiplies his sins and his ingratitude."