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God is not an object or any such thing. He cannot be found by technique. Christ offers the simple formula: ‘ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you” (Matt. 7:7).
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...fasting is a means to an end, not the end itself. It is a necessary but not sufficient part of our path to salvation.
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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
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Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
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In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
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The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
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An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
Pablo Picasso

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