Love and Be Loved:

Before we can give love away, we must know we are loved. To share joy, we need to have the experience of joy and delight within our soul. For peace and patience to flower, we must be patient and accepting of others and ourselves. The unparalleled gift of kindness is nurtured by gentleness and generosity of thought and deed.

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A person must be prepared in his soul to speak the truth, both in denouncing and correcting shortcomings and in praising virtue, to such a point that he is willing in that cause even to face death.

- Saint John of Sahagún (1430-1479)