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Whenever it costs us to practice mortification, let us
say to ourselves: Heaven is beautiful! (Writings 175)
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Sufferings are the beginning of our union with Eternal Love, but
it is only death that can make that union perfect and indissoluble.
(Letters 232)
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Once your goal is set, keep looking at it always, even if
the world should fall apart. (Letters 10)
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We must coordinate all our thoughts, all our affections, all
our energies around one fixed idea. We must live by that
idea, be inspired by it, sublimate ourselves by it. (Letters 9)
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Youthful enthusiasm is like ether in an open bottle: it
volatilizes and vanishes. We must not mistake the
transient and therefore insufficient will with the will that is
stable and therefore effective. (Letters 10)
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The man who wavers in his convictions is always weak
and inept, and vice versa. One must believe always,
consistently, logically, and tenaciously. (Letters 10)
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Men of genius are worth nothing; it is men of great
character that shake the world. (Letters 10)
