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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in read more
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.
When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.
Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays read more
Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,
And opens in each heart a little Heaven.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the read more
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work ;we are in.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us read more
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty: for beauty is simply read more
All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty: for beauty is simply Reality seen with the eyes of love.