“O, how few there are who guard the piety of religion! It is said in Ecclesiasticus: "Have mercy on your own soul, pleasing God; and gather and restrain your heart in holiness." "Have pity on your soul," that is, have piety toward your soul; "pleasing God," namely, that you strive to please God. And how? "Gather and co…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 3
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24Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.
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22The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
23Love thine own soul, and comfort thy heart, remove sorrow far from thee: for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit therein.
— Sirach 30:24 —
25A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet.