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There Are Many Who Want Me To Tell Them Of Secret Ways Of Becoming Perfect And I Can Only Tell Them That The Sole Secret Is A Hearty Love Of God, And The Only Way Of Attaining That Love Is By Loving. You Learn To Speak By Speaking, To Study By Studying, To Run By Running, To Work By Working; And Just So You Learn To Love God And Man By Loving. Begin As A Mere Apprentice And The Very Power Of Love Will Lead You On To Become A Master Of The Art.

Consider All The Past As Nothing, And Say, Like David: Now I Begin To Love My God.

Chastity Is The Lily Of Virtues, And Makes Men Almost Equal To Angels. Everything Is Beautiful In Accordance With Its Purity. Now The Purity Of Man Is Chastity, Which Is Called Honesty, And The Observance Of It, Honor And Also Integrity; And Its Contrary Is Called Corruption; In Short, It Has This Peculiar Excellence Above The Other Virtues, That It Preserves Both Soul And Body Fair And Unspotted.

Every Vocation Becomes More Agreeable When United With Devotion.

It Is A Great Imperfection To Complain Unceasingly Of Little Things.