Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of us.
Rose Philippine DuchesnePreach by example of your lives rather than by words. Example is the very best sermon.
Rose Philippine DuchesneO Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my prayer in union with Your Immaculate Mother.
Rose Philippine DuchesneYou may dazzle the mind with a thousand brilliant discoveries of natural science; you may open new worlds of knowledge which were never dreamed of before; yet, if you have not developed in the soul of the pupil strong habits of virtue which will sustain her in the struggle of life, you have not educated her, but only put in her hand a powerful instrument of self-destruction.
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