St. Philip Neri said.....

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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."

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"He who always acts under obedience, may rest assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God."

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"Perfection does not consist in such outward things as shedding tears and the like, but in true and solid virtues."

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"Tears are no sign that a man is in the grace of God, neither must we infer that one who weeps when he speaks of holy and devout things necessarily leads a holy life."

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"Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life; wherefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits."

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"When a man is freed from a temptation or any other distress, let him take great care to show fitting gratitude to God for the benefit he has received."

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"We must accept the adversities which God sends us without reasoning too much upon them, and we must take for granted that it is the best thing which could happen to us."

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"We must always remember that God does everything well, although we may not see the reason of what He does."

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"Every one ought to give in readily to the opinion of another, and to argue in favor of another and against himself, and take things in good part."

I would suppose this advice would only be if the opinion of another weren't in opposition to God and His Church?

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"There is nothing more to the purpose for exciting a spirit of prayer, than the reading of spiritual books."

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"Let a man frequent the holy Sacraments, go to sermons, and be often reading the Lives of Saints."

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Let a man always think that he has God before his eyes.

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"When a man is in an occasion of sin, let him look at what he is doing, get himself out of the occasion, and avoid the sin."

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"There is nothing good in this world: Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas."

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"We must die at last."