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“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two pence how often it has been told before), you will, nine times out of ten, become original without having noticed it. The”
― The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
― The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
“Patience is the possession of the soul, enabling the will to keep the soul in peace, and to regulate its actions and desires by the light of truth and justice, with a constant view to its final end. Impatience is the beginning of every movement that takes the soul away from God, and so from its self-possession.”
― Patience and Humility: A Handbook for Christians
― Patience and Humility: A Handbook for Christians
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”
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“In art, the world conforms to the creative idea; in science, the idea conforms to the world.”
― The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
― The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
“The ability to love authentically, not great intellectual capacity, constitutes the deepest part of a personality. It is no accident that the greatest commandment is to love. Authentic love leads us outside ourselves to affirming others: devoting oneself to the cause of man, to people, and, above all, to God. Marriage makes sense…if it gives one the opportunity for such love, if it evokes the ability and necessity of such loving, if it draws one out of the shell of individualism (various kinds) and egocentrism. It is”
― Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
― Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
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