Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions

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 maxim[1][4] = "Happy is the youth, because he has time before him to do good.";
 maxim[1][5] = "It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it.";
-maxim[1][6] = "He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.";
+maxim[1][6] = "He who wishes for anything but Christ does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ does not know what he is asking; he who works, but not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.";
 maxim[1][7] = "Let no one wear a mask, otherwise he will do ill; and if he has one, let him burn it.";
 maxim[1][8] = "Spiritual persons ought to be equally ready to experience sweetness and consolation in the things of God, or to suffer and keep their ground in drynesses of spirit and devotion, and for as long as God pleases, without their making any complaint about it.";