A woman who intentionally destroys a fetus is guilty of murder. And we do not even talk about the fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed.
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We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.Saint Basil the Great
I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of the teachers that his life was worthy of his words.
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Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and the council chamber of thought.
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What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we sure that this was not his time We do not know how to pick and choose what is good for our souls, or how to fix the limits of the life of man.
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Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds, that we think we do in this life, are overwhelmed by the multitude of evils.
Saint Basil the Great
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