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maxim[1][18] = "Before a man chooses his confessor, he ought to think well about it, and pray about it also; but when he has once chosen, he ought not to change, except for most urgent reasons, but put the utmost confidence in his director."; | maxim[1][18] = "Before a man chooses his confessor, he ought to think well about it, and pray about it also; but when he has once chosen, he ought not to change, except for most urgent reasons, but put the utmost confidence in his director."; | ||
maxim[1][19] = "When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."; | maxim[1][19] = "When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."; | ||
maxim[1][20] = "Let persons in the world sanctify themselves in their own houses, for neither the court, professions, or | maxim[1][20] = "Let persons in the world sanctify themselves in their own houses, for neither the court, professions, or labor, are any hindrance to the service of God."; | ||
maxim[1][21] = "Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts."; | maxim[1][21] = "Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts."; | ||
maxim[1][22] = "In order to be really obedient, it is not enough to do what obedience commands, we must do it without reasoning upon it."; | maxim[1][22] = "In order to be really obedient, it is not enough to do what obedience commands, we must do it without reasoning upon it."; | ||
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maxim[1][26] = "When tribulations, infirmities, and contradictions come, we must not run away in a fright, but vanquish them like men."; | maxim[1][26] = "When tribulations, infirmities, and contradictions come, we must not run away in a fright, but vanquish them like men."; | ||
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 | 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 neighbour, we must assume as much pleasantness of manner as we can, and by this affability win him to the way of virtue."; | maxim[1][29] = "In dealing with our neighbour, 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."; | ||
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maxim[2][1] = "He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the | maxim[2][1] = "He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Savior, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool."; | ||
maxim[2][2] = "Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God’s graces than through His most holy mother."; | maxim[2][2] = "Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God’s graces than through His most holy mother."; | ||
maxim[2][3] = "A man should force himself to be obedient, even in little things which appear of no moment; because he will thus render the practice of obedience in great matters easy to himself."; | maxim[2][3] = "A man should force himself to be obedient, even in little things which appear of no moment; because he will thus render the practice of obedience in great matters easy to himself."; | ||
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maxim[7][3] = "In seeking for counsel it is necessary sometimes to hear what our inferiors think, and to recommend ourselves to their prayers."; | maxim[7][3] = "In seeking for counsel it is necessary sometimes to hear what our inferiors think, and to recommend ourselves to their prayers."; | ||
maxim[7][4] = "A man ought never to say one word in his own praise, however true it may be, no, not even in a joking way."; | maxim[7][4] = "A man ought never to say one word in his own praise, however true it may be, no, not even in a joking way."; | ||
maxim[7][5] = "Whenever we do a good work, and somebody else takes the credit of it, we ought to rejoice, and acknowledge it as a gift from God. Anyhow, we ought not to be sorry, because if others diminish our glory before men, we shall recover it with all the more | maxim[7][5] = "Whenever we do a good work, and somebody else takes the credit of it, we ought to rejoice, and acknowledge it as a gift from God. Anyhow, we ought not to be sorry, because if others diminish our glory before men, we shall recover it with all the more honor before God."; | ||
maxim[7][6] = "Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we may preserve our humility, and not take occasion of pride because of it."; | maxim[7][6] = "Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we may preserve our humility, and not take occasion of pride because of it."; | ||
maxim[7][7] = "We ought not to publish or manifest to every one the inspirations which God sends us, or the favours He grants us. <i>Secretum meum mihi! Secretum meum mihi!</i>"; | maxim[7][7] = "We ought not to publish or manifest to every one the inspirations which God sends us, or the favours He grants us. <i>Secretum meum mihi! Secretum meum mihi!</i>"; | ||
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maxim[7][14] = "We ought to be pleased to hear that others are advancing in the service of God, especially if they are our relations or friends; and we ought to rejoice that they share in whatever spiritual good we may have ourselves."; | maxim[7][14] = "We ought to be pleased to hear that others are advancing in the service of God, especially if they are our relations or friends; and we ought to rejoice that they share in whatever spiritual good we may have ourselves."; | ||
maxim[7][15] = "In order the better to gain souls, in visiting the sick, we ought to imagine that what we do for the sick man we are doing for Christ Himself; we shall thus perform this work of mercy with more love and greater spiritual profit."; | maxim[7][15] = "In order the better to gain souls, in visiting the sick, we ought to imagine that what we do for the sick man we are doing for Christ Himself; we shall thus perform this work of mercy with more love and greater spiritual profit."; | ||
maxim[7][16] = "He whose health will not permit him to fast in | maxim[7][16] = "He whose health will not permit him to fast in honor of Christ and our Blessed Lady will please them much more by giving some alms more than usual."; | ||
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."; | ||
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maxim[7][23] = "We may distinguish three kinds of vain-glory; the first we may call <i>mistress</i>; that is, when vain-glory goes before our works, and we work for the sake of it: the second we may call <i>companion</i>; that is, when a man does not do a work for the sake of vain-glory, but feels complacency in doing it: the third we may call <i>servant</i>; that is, when vain-glory rises in our work, but we instantly repress it. Above all things never let vain-glory be <i>mistress</i>."; | maxim[7][23] = "We may distinguish three kinds of vain-glory; the first we may call <i>mistress</i>; that is, when vain-glory goes before our works, and we work for the sake of it: the second we may call <i>companion</i>; that is, when a man does not do a work for the sake of vain-glory, but feels complacency in doing it: the third we may call <i>servant</i>; that is, when vain-glory rises in our work, but we instantly repress it. Above all things never let vain-glory be <i>mistress</i>."; | ||
maxim[7][24] = "When vain-glory is <i>companion</i>, it does not take away our merit; but perfection requires that it should be <i>servant</i>."; | maxim[7][24] = "When vain-glory is <i>companion</i>, it does not take away our merit; but perfection requires that it should be <i>servant</i>."; | ||
maxim[7][25] = "He who works purely for the love of God, desires nothing but His | maxim[7][25] = "He who works purely for the love of God, desires nothing but His honor, and thus is ready in every thing either to act or not to act, and that not in indifferent matters only, but even in good ones; and he is always resigned to the Will of God."; | ||
maxim[7][26] = "The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years."; | maxim[7][26] = "The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years."; | ||
maxim[7][27] = "To obtain perfectly the gift of humility, four things are required: to despise the world, to despise no person, to despise oneself, to despise being despised."; | maxim[7][27] = "To obtain perfectly the gift of humility, four things are required: to despise the world, to despise no person, to despise oneself, to despise being despised."; | ||
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maxim[12][14] = "When a man has to buy anything, he ought not to do so because he is moved by an attachment to the thing, but from want and necessity; for it will never do to buy attachments."; | maxim[12][14] = "When a man has to buy anything, he ought not to do so because he is moved by an attachment to the thing, but from want and necessity; for it will never do to buy attachments."; | ||
maxim[12][15] = "Certain little voluntary attachments of self-love must be cut through, and then we must dig round them, and then remove the earth, till we get down deep enough to find the place where they are rooted and interlaced together."; | maxim[12][15] = "Certain little voluntary attachments of self-love must be cut through, and then we must dig round them, and then remove the earth, till we get down deep enough to find the place where they are rooted and interlaced together."; | ||
maxim[12][16] = "A person must be ready to endure, when through a virtuous motive he is mortified by others, and even when God permits him to be in bad | maxim[12][16] = "A person must be ready to endure, when through a virtuous motive he is mortified by others, and even when God permits him to be in bad odor with others, and regarded and driven away as an infected sheep."; | ||
maxim[12][17] = "Our enemy the devil, who fights with us in order to vanquish us, seeks to disunite us in our houses, and to breed quarrels, dislikes, contests, and rivalries, because while we are fighting with each other, he comes and conquers us, and makes us more securely his own."; | maxim[12][17] = "Our enemy the devil, who fights with us in order to vanquish us, seeks to disunite us in our houses, and to breed quarrels, dislikes, contests, and rivalries, because while we are fighting with each other, he comes and conquers us, and makes us more securely his own."; | ||
maxim[12][18] = "He who does not think on the benefits he receives from God in this life, and on those greater ones his mercy has prepared in that other life of bliss, does not nourish love to God, but chills and freezes it."; | maxim[12][18] = "He who does not think on the benefits he receives from God in this life, and on those greater ones his mercy has prepared in that other life of bliss, does not nourish love to God, but chills and freezes it."; | ||
