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They are able because they think they are able.
They are able because they think they are able.
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the read more
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains
 The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
 [Fr., Les merchants sont toujours surpris de trouver read more 
 The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
 [Fr., Les merchants sont toujours surpris de trouver de 
l'habilete dans les bons.] 
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
 Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, 
ought to give us ground to presume ability.  
 Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, 
ought to give us ground to presume ability. 
 One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance 
of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no read more 
 One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance 
of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
 [Lat., Illud tamen in primis testandum est, nihil praecepta atque 
artes valere nisi adjuvante natura.] 
There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.
God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.