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“...the human race. It doesn’t change much from people to people, nation to nation. Only the seasons and the themes of the struggle change.”

Preface and Introduction gave interesting background on the history of Latin, now finally getting into grammar.

We must learn to understand increasingly the sacred liturgy in all its essence, to develop a living familiarity with it, so that it becomes the soul of our daily life. It is then that we celebrate in the correct way...

But no human expedients will ever make up for the devotedness and self sacrifice of Christian charity. Charity, as a virtue, pertains to the Church; for virtue it is not, unless it be drawn from the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ; and whosoever turns his back on the Church cannot be near to Christ.

"Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need” -Aquinas

Pg. 245 “I’d rather remain with my unrequited suffering and my unquenched indignation, even if I am wrong. Besides, they have put too high a price on harmony; we can’t afford to pay so much for admission. And therefore I hasten to return my ticket... It’s not that I don’t accept God, Aloysha, I just most respectfully return him the ticket.”

Pg. 198 “He looked like a man who had been submissive for a long time and suffered much, but had suddenly jumped up and tried to assert himself. Or, better still, like a man who wants terribly to hit you, but is terribly afraid that you are going to hit him.”

Pg. 164 Zozima’s Sermon

Pg 160 “Lord have mercy on them all today, unhappy and stormy as they are, preserve and guide them. All ways are yours: save them according to your ways. You are love, you will send joy to all!”