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The catechism is the book par excellence!
Uneducated indeed is the man who spurns this
great book as being of no account this book
which displays with remarkable power the whole range of
religion. It makes of a ten-year-old child a profound thinker
who possesses all the great principles of true philosophy and
who is able to discuss at any moment the nature and
attributes of God and to speak without confusion on the
Unity and Trinity, the generation and procession of the
Divine Persons. He knows about the origin of the world, the
fall of man and the coming of the Redeemer, the necessity
of grace and the means to transmit it, the sacrament of
reconciliation and the communion of prayer. Surely no
philosopher can match a Christian child in the accurate
exposition of the great truths that make up our religious
heritage. (Letters 25)

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The world is suffering for want of faith, hope, and
charity. (Letters 25)

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One single thought of charity nurtured in the heart
of our Cottolengo is worth more than a thousand
philanthropic projects that are supposed to be
promoted at the cost of millions squeezed out of the veins of
the people. (Letters 76)