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“The teachers tried everything, even pleading, but Tomas was in the habit of addressing them only in Latin, a language he spoke with papal fluency and in which he did not stammer. Sooner or later they all resigned in despair, fearing he might be possessed: he might be spouting demonic instructions in Aramaic at them, for all they knew.”

Might Language Teacher Habit Despair Spokes Latin Instruction Possessed Sooner Or Later Resigned Pleading Demonic Fluency

Book:The Shadow Of The Wind

Source: The Shadow Of The Wind

“We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men.”

Men Stills Millions Habit Despair Institutions

Book:Canadian Stories

Source: Canadian Stories

“After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. For however important chastity (or courage, or truthfulness, or any other virtue) may be, this process trains us in habits of the soul which are more important still. It cures our illusions about ourselves and teaches us to depend on God. We learn, on the one hand, that we cannot trust ourselves even in our best moments, and, on the other, that we need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven.”

“...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.”

Life Habit Despair

Book:The plague: translated from the French

Source: The plague: translated from the French