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“Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me.”

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Martin of Tours, born in 316 AD and died on November 8, 397 AD, was a prominent saint in Christian history. Known for his strict moral life and remarkable missionary activities, he is revered as a saint in both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Martin served in the Roman army before retiring due to his faith and dedicating himself to missionary work, which had a profound impact on the spread of Christianity in the West. more

“After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan's temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he'll have an incentive to leave you alone.”

“Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.”

Soul Evil Sin Worry Praying Anxiety Saint Command

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.”

Should Purpose Saint Idle

Book:The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph

Source: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph

“The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and troublesome to us.”

Shows Seeing Taste Degrees Highest Saint Occasions Serving Ungrateful Troublesome Meekness Unfriendly

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.”

May Soul Passion Saint Deeds Your Soul Dominant Mold

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.”

Source: JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Writings and Wilderness Essays

“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings.”

Walks Taste Garden Grass Camps Hiking Darling Meadows Mountaineering Mountain Climbing National Parks Climbing Mountain Inspirational Mountain Climbing Hiking In The Mountains Climbing Mountains Inspirational Yosemite Yellowstone Walks In Nature

Book:THE YOSEMITE COLLECTION of John Muir (Illustrated): The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park, A Rival of the Yosemite, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Yosemite Glaciers, Yosemite in Winter & Yosemite in Spring

Source: THE YOSEMITE COLLECTION of John Muir (Illustrated): The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park, A Rival of the Yosemite, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Yosemite Glaciers, Yosemite in Winter & Yosemite in Spring

“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”

Inspirational Form Peace Poor Poverty Violence Worst Ending Poverty World Hunger Help The Poor World Poverty Violence And Peace War On Poverty Hunger And Poverty Hunger Poverty Global Poverty Poor Nations

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts; a man is never injured by acting virtuously.”

Men Heart Christian Interest Acting Behavior Favors Minors Injured Prompts Great Ones

Author:Luc de Clapiers

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