St. Philip Neri said.....

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"A sick man should make God a present of his will; and if it turns out that he has to suffer for a long time, he must submit to the Divine Will."

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"The sick man must not fear when he is tempted to lose confidence; for if he has sinned, Christ has suffered and paid for him."

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"Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and he will come forth victorious."

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"The true way to advance in holy virtues, is to persevere in a holy cheerfulness."

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"The cheerful are much easier to guide in the spiritual life than the melancholy."

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"Those who wish to enter upon the religious life, should first of all mortify themselves for a long time, and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance."

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"Excessive sadness seldom springs from any other source than pride."

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"Charity and cheerfulness, or charity and humility, should be our motto."

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"It is very necessary to be cheerful, but we must not on that account give in to a buffooning spirit."

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"Buffoonery incapacitates a person from receiving any additional spirituality from God."

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"Nay more, buffoonery roots up the little spirituality a man may have already acquired."

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"At table, especially where there are guests, we ought to eat every kind of food, and not say, 'I like this,' and 'I do not like that.' "

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"Human language cannot express the beauty of a soul which dies in a state of grace."

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"If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a crucifix, and think that Christ has shed all His Blood for him, and not only forgave his enemies, but prayed the Eternal Father to forgive them also."

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"Let him remember also that when he says the Pater Noster every day, instead of asking pardon for his sins, he is calling down vengeance upon them."