St. Philip Neri said.....

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We ought to make no account of abstinences and fasts, when there is self-will in the matter.

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"Our Blessed Lady is the dispenser of all the favors which the goodness of God concedes to the Sons of Adam."

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"In seeking for counsel it is necessary sometimes to hear what our inferiors think, and to recommend ourselves to their prayers."

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"A man ought never to say one word in his own praise, however true it may be, no, not even in a joking way."

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"Whenever we do a good work, and somebody else takes the credit of it, we ought to rejoice, and acknowledge it as a gift from God. Anyhow, we ought not to be sorry, because if others diminish our glory before men, we shall recover it with all the more honor before God."

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"Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we may preserve our humility, and not take occasion of pride because of it."