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maxim[1][27] = "It is not enough to see that God wishes the good we aim at, but that He wishes it through our instrumentality, in our manner and in our time; and we come to discern all this by true obedience."; | maxim[1][27] = "It is not enough to see that God wishes the good we aim at, but that He wishes it through our instrumentality, in our manner and in our time; and we come to discern all this by true obedience."; | ||
maxim[1][28] = "In order to be perfect, we must not only obey and honor our superiors; we must honor our equals and inferiors also."; | maxim[1][28] = "In order to be perfect, we must not only obey and honor our superiors; we must honor our equals and inferiors also."; | ||
maxim[1][29] = "In dealing with our | maxim[1][29] = "In dealing with our neighbor, we must assume as much pleasantness of manner as we can, and by this affability win him to the way of virtue."; | ||
maxim[1][30] = "A man who leads a common life under obedience, is more to be esteemed than one who does great penance after his own will."; | maxim[1][30] = "A man who leads a common life under obedience, is more to be esteemed than one who does great penance after his own will."; | ||
maxim[1][31] = "To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines."; | maxim[1][31] = "To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines."; | ||
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maxim[3][3] = "A man ought never to think he has done any good, or rest contented with any degree of perfection he may have attained, because Christ has given us the type of our perfection in putting before us the perfection of the Eternal Father: 'Be ye perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.'"; | maxim[3][3] = "A man ought never to think he has done any good, or rest contented with any degree of perfection he may have attained, because Christ has given us the type of our perfection in putting before us the perfection of the Eternal Father: 'Be ye perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.'"; | ||
maxim[3][4] = "The sweetness which some experience in prayer, is milk which our Lord gives as a relish to those who are just beginning to serve Him."; | maxim[3][4] = "The sweetness which some experience in prayer, is milk which our Lord gives as a relish to those who are just beginning to serve Him."; | ||
maxim[3][5] = "To leave our prayer when we are called to do some act of charity for our | maxim[3][5] = "To leave our prayer when we are called to do some act of charity for our neighbor is not really a quitting of prayer, but leaving Christ for Christ, that is, depriving ourselves of spiritual sweetnesses in order to gain souls."; | ||
maxim[3][6] = "It is good for a man to go from prayer rather with an appetite and desire to return to it, than satiated and weary."; | maxim[3][6] = "It is good for a man to go from prayer rather with an appetite and desire to return to it, than satiated and weary."; | ||
maxim[3][7] = "The wisdom of the Scriptures is learned rather by prayer than by study."; | maxim[3][7] = "The wisdom of the Scriptures is learned rather by prayer than by study."; | ||
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maxim[7][17] = "Nothing is more dangerous for beginners in the spiritual life than to wish to play the master and to guide and convert others."; | maxim[7][17] = "Nothing is more dangerous for beginners in the spiritual life than to wish to play the master and to guide and convert others."; | ||
maxim[7][18] = "Beginners should look after their own conversion and be humble, lest they should fancy they had done some great thing, and so should fall into pride."; | maxim[7][18] = "Beginners should look after their own conversion and be humble, lest they should fancy they had done some great thing, and so should fall into pride."; | ||
maxim[7][19] = "If we wish to help our | maxim[7][19] = "If we wish to help our neighbor, we must reserve neither place, hour, or season, for ourselves."; | ||
maxim[7][20] = "Avoid every kind of singularity, for it is generally the hot-bed of pride, especially spiritual pride."; | maxim[7][20] = "Avoid every kind of singularity, for it is generally the hot-bed of pride, especially spiritual pride."; | ||
maxim[7][21] = "A man must not, however, abstain from doing a good work merely to got out of the way of a temptation to vain-glory."; | maxim[7][21] = "A man must not, however, abstain from doing a good work merely to got out of the way of a temptation to vain-glory."; | ||
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maxim[9][23] = "Not everything which is better in itself is better for each man in particular."; | maxim[9][23] = "Not everything which is better in itself is better for each man in particular."; | ||
maxim[9][24] = "Be devout to the Madonna, keep yourself from sin, and God will deliver you from your evils."; | maxim[9][24] = "Be devout to the Madonna, keep yourself from sin, and God will deliver you from your evils."; | ||
maxim[9][25] = "If we wish to keep peace with our | maxim[9][25] = "If we wish to keep peace with our neighbors, we should never remind any one of his natural defects."; | ||
maxim[9][26] = "We must sometimes bear with little defects in others, as we have against our own will to bear with natural defects in ourselves."; | maxim[9][26] = "We must sometimes bear with little defects in others, as we have against our own will to bear with natural defects in ourselves."; | ||
maxim[9][27] = "Men of rank ought to dress like their equals, and be accompanied by servants, as their state requires, but modesty should go along with it all."; | maxim[9][27] = "Men of rank ought to dress like their equals, and be accompanied by servants, as their state requires, but modesty should go along with it all."; | ||
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maxim[10][11] = "The devil, who is a most haughty spirit, is never more completely mastered than by humility of heart, and a simple, clear, undisguised manifestation of our sins and temptations to our confessor."; | maxim[10][11] = "The devil, who is a most haughty spirit, is never more completely mastered than by humility of heart, and a simple, clear, undisguised manifestation of our sins and temptations to our confessor."; | ||
maxim[10][12] = "We ought not ordinarily to believe prophecies or to desire them, because it is possible there may be many deceits and snares of the devil therein."; | maxim[10][12] = "We ought not ordinarily to believe prophecies or to desire them, because it is possible there may be many deceits and snares of the devil therein."; | ||
maxim[10][13] = "It is a most useful thing, when we see another doing any spiritual good to his | maxim[10][13] = "It is a most useful thing, when we see another doing any spiritual good to his neighbor, to seek by prayer to have a part in that same good which the Lord is working by the hand of another."; | ||
maxim[10][14] = "At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined."; | maxim[10][14] = "At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined."; | ||
maxim[10][15] = "To him who truly loves God, nothing more displeasing can happen than the lack of occasion to suffer for Him."; | maxim[10][15] = "To him who truly loves God, nothing more displeasing can happen than the lack of occasion to suffer for Him."; | ||
maxim[10][16] = "We ought to hate no one, for God never comes where there is no love of our | maxim[10][16] = "We ought to hate no one, for God never comes where there is no love of our neighbors."; | ||
maxim[10][17] = "We must accept our own death and that of our relations when God shall send it to us, and not desire it at any other time; for it is sometimes necessary that it should happen at that particular moment for the good of our own and their souls."; | maxim[10][17] = "We must accept our own death and that of our relations when God shall send it to us, and not desire it at any other time; for it is sometimes necessary that it should happen at that particular moment for the good of our own and their souls."; | ||
maxim[10][18] = "The perfection of a Christian consists in knowing how to mortify himself for the love of Christ."; | maxim[10][18] = "The perfection of a Christian consists in knowing how to mortify himself for the love of Christ."; | ||
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maxim[12][19] = "If a soul could altogether abstain from venial sins, the greatest pain it could have would be to be detained in this life, so great would its desire be of union with God."; | maxim[12][19] = "If a soul could altogether abstain from venial sins, the greatest pain it could have would be to be detained in this life, so great would its desire be of union with God."; | ||
maxim[12][20] = "In the persecutions which bad men excite against piety and devotion, we must keep our eyes on God, whom we serve, and on the testimony of a good conscience."; | maxim[12][20] = "In the persecutions which bad men excite against piety and devotion, we must keep our eyes on God, whom we serve, and on the testimony of a good conscience."; | ||
maxim[12][21] = "How patiently Christ, the King and Lord of heaven and earth, bore with the apostles, enduring at their hands many incivilities and misbeliefs, they being but poor and rough fishermen! How much more ought we to bear with our | maxim[12][21] = "How patiently Christ, the King and Lord of heaven and earth, bore with the apostles, enduring at their hands many incivilities and misbeliefs, they being but poor and rough fishermen! How much more ought we to bear with our neighbor, if he treats us with incivility."; | ||
maxim[12][22] = "We must give ourselves to God altogether."; | maxim[12][22] = "We must give ourselves to God altogether."; | ||
maxim[12][23] = "God makes all his own the soul that is wholly given to him."; | maxim[12][23] = "God makes all his own the soul that is wholly given to him."; | ||
