Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

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If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?

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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

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Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

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