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He who follows Me, walks not in darkness, says the Lord. By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits, if we wish to be free from all blindness of heart. Let our chief effort; therefore, be to study the life of Jesus Christ.
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Often recall the proverb: "The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear filled with hearing." Try, moreover, to turn your heart from the love of things visible and bring yourself to things invisible.
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O God, You Who are the truth, make me one with You in love everlasting. I am often wearied by the many things I hear and read, but in You is all that I long for. Let the learned be still, let all creatures be silent before You; You alone speak to me.
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If you wish to learn and appreciate something worth while, then love to be unknown and considered as nothing. Truly to know and despise self is the best and most perfect counsel.
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It is good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. A man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.