Just remaining quietly in the presence of God listening to Him being attentive to Him requires a lot of courage and know-how.

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with a

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

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    I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.

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    Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires cour

    Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

    You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

    You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

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