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maxim[2][1] = "He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Savior, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool."; | maxim[2][1] = "He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Savior, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool."; | ||
maxim[2][2] = "Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God’s graces than through His most holy mother."; | maxim[2][2] = "Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God’s graces than through His most holy mother."; | ||
maxim[2][3] = "A man should force himself to be obedient, even in little things which appear of no moment | maxim[2][3] = "A man should force himself to be obedient, even in little things which appear of no moment, because he will thus render the practice of obedience in great matters easy to himself."; | ||
maxim[2][4] = "He who always acts under obedience, may rest assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God."; | maxim[2][4] = "He who always acts under obedience, may rest assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God."; | ||
maxim[2][5] = "Perfection does not consist in such outward things as shedding tears and the like, but in true and solid virtues."; | maxim[2][5] = "Perfection does not consist in such outward things as shedding tears and the like, but in true and solid virtues."; | ||
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maxim[11][21] = "The vocation to the religious life is one of the great benefits which the Mother of God obtains from her Son for those who are devoted to her."; | maxim[11][21] = "The vocation to the religious life is one of the great benefits which the Mother of God obtains from her Son for those who are devoted to her."; | ||
maxim[11][22] = "There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking."; | maxim[11][22] = "There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking."; | ||
maxim[11][23] = "Among the things we ought to ask of God | maxim[11][23] = "Among the things we ought to ask of God is perseverance in well-doing and in serving the Lord; for if we only have patience, and persevere in the good life we have begun to lead, we shall acquire a most eminent degree of spirituality."; | ||
maxim[11][24] = "He is perfect in the school of Christ who despises being despised, rejoices in self-contempt, and accounts himself to be very nothingness."; | maxim[11][24] = "He is perfect in the school of Christ who despises being despised, rejoices in self-contempt, and accounts himself to be very nothingness."; | ||
maxim[11][25] = "The way which God takes with the souls that love him, by allowing them to be tempted and to fall into tribulations, is a true espousal between Himself and them."; | maxim[11][25] = "The way which God takes with the souls that love him, by allowing them to be tempted and to fall into tribulations, is a true espousal between Himself and them."; | ||
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