Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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Plato
Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like a child, your will must bring it back, like a...
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Peter Kreeft
If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.
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Neil Gaiman
The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.
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Matthew Kelly
As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.
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Scott Hahn
More Quotes By T.N. Suarez
A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
You have to believe in marriage and you have to believe in a relationship between two people. If you really think in your life that you have found the right person, you have to stick to it, even though there are ups and downs. If...
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
