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Saint John of the Cross, born Juan de Yepes Álvarez NULL
If the soul is hardly conscious of this contemplation, such a person is only able to say that he is satisfied, tranquil and contented and that he is conscious of the presence of God… Pure contemplation is indescribable and therefore secret. This mystical knowledge has the property of hiding the soul within itself.
Affliction | Devil | Memory |
I cannot think why we should be astonished at all the evils which exist in the Church, when those who ought to be models on which all may pattern their virtues are annulling the work wrought in the religious Orders by the spirit of the saints of old.
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which return to the hive and there shut themselves up to work at the making of honey. At the first call of the will, they come back more and more quickly. At last, after countless exercises, of this kind, God disposes them to a state of utter rest and of perfect contemplation.
Devil | Soul | Suffering | Thinking | Thought | Time | Trials | Thought | Understand | Winning |
The net result of my experience on the matter is the judgment I have formed, that true religion - true religion, Gentlemen, true religion is to be found amongst the poor.
Devil |
We want more school houses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more constant work and less crime; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful and childhood more happy and bright. These in brief are the primary demands made by the Trade Unions in the name of labor. These are the demands made by labor upon modern society and in their consideration is involved the fate of civilization.
Samuel Johnson, aka Doctor Johnson
Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.
Devil |
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud
In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis.
Death | Devil | Mankind | Men | Nothing | People | Power | Wishes |
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
Sinéad O’Connor, fully Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor
When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction.
Arthur Conan Doyle, fully Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the
Devil |
Ignatius Loyola, aka Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Be careful and do not lightly condemn the actions of others. We must consider the intention of our neighbor, which is often good and pure, although the act itself seems blameworthy.
Appearance | Confidence | Devil | Men | Nature | Piety | Pious | Skill |
I consider those fallen mourners more blessed than those who have not fallen and are not mourning over themselves; because as a result of their fall, they have risen by a sure resurrection.
Ignatius Loyola, aka Saint Ignatius of Loyola
If the love of God is in your heart, you will understand that to suffer for God is a joy to which all earthly pleasures are not be to compared.
Devil | Presumption | Thought | Think | Thought |
Stanislas de Boufflers, fully Marquis Stanislas-Jean de Boufflers, Chevalier de Boufflers
Men may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so.
Devil |