Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions
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maxim[6][23] = "We must not be too ready to trust young men who have great devotion; we must wait till their wings are grown, and then see what sort of a flight they make."; | maxim[6][23] = "We must not be too ready to trust young men who have great devotion; we must wait till their wings are grown, and then see what sort of a flight they make."; | ||
maxim[6][24] = "Outward mortifications are a great help towards the acquisition of interior mortification and the other virtues."; | maxim[6][24] = "Outward mortifications are a great help towards the acquisition of interior mortification and the other virtues."; | ||
maxim[6][25] = "He who cannot put up with the loss of his | maxim[6][25] = "He who cannot put up with the loss of his honor can never make any advance in spiritual things."; | ||
maxim[6][26] = "It is generally better to give the body rather too much food than rather too little; for the <i> too much</i> can be easily subtracted, but when a man has injured his constitution by the <i> too little</i>, it is not so easy to get right again."; | maxim[6][26] = "It is generally better to give the body rather too much food than rather too little; for the <i> too much</i> can be easily subtracted, but when a man has injured his constitution by the <i> too little</i>, it is not so easy to get right again."; | ||
maxim[6][27] = "The devil has a crafty custom of sometimes urging spiritual persons to penances and mortifications, in order that by going indiscreet lengths in this way, they may so weaken themselves as to be unable to attend to good works of greater importance; or be so intimidated by the sickliness they have brought upon themselves as to abandon their customary devotions, and at last turn their backs on the service of God."; | maxim[6][27] = "The devil has a crafty custom of sometimes urging spiritual persons to penances and mortifications, in order that by going indiscreet lengths in this way, they may so weaken themselves as to be unable to attend to good works of greater importance; or be so intimidated by the sickliness they have brought upon themselves as to abandon their customary devotions, and at last turn their backs on the service of God."; | ||
