Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.

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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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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

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Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

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

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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.

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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.

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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

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If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

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