Leonard of Port Maurice quotes

“If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.”
-- Leonard of Port Maurice

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“I believe that were it not for the Holy Mass, as of this moment the world would be in the abyss.”
-- Leonard of Port Maurice

Source : St. Leonard of Port Maurice “Sacred Treasures of the Mass”, Lulu.com

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“What graces, gifts and virtues the Holy Mass calls down.”
-- Leonard of Port Maurice

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“Avoid sloth, bad company, dangerous conversations, and games; remembering that time passes and never returns, that you have a soul, and that if you lose your soul, you lose all.”
-- Leonard of Port Maurice

Source : St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1970). “The Hidden Treasure: Holy Mass”, p.106, TAN Books

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“Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.”

Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion”, p.174, Macmillan

“...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.”

“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“We begin life with the natural, next we come into the spiritual; but then, when we have truly received the kingdom of God and His righteousness, the natural is added to the spiritual, and we are able to receive the gifts of His providence and the blessings of life without becoming centered in them or allowing them to separate us from Him.”

“In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Krishna.”

“Chop your own path. Get off the car track”

“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”

Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin

“The last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, 'My God, what are these people doing to themselves? They're killing each other. They're killing themselves while we watch them die.' This is how we came to own these United States. This is the legacy of manifest destiny.”

“Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.”

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”