He will be with you also, all the way, that faithful God. Every morning when you awaken to the old and tolerable pain, at every mile of the hot uphill dusty road of tiring duty, on to the judgment seat, the same Christ there as ever, still loving you, still sufficient for you, even then. And then, on through all eternity.
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As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.
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Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.
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Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.
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He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.
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An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!
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He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
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Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.
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Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.
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Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.
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Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.
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Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.
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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.
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Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.
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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?
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