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"My dear boy, don’t you know that we must put up with a little suffering and learn to subdue our flesh in order to win Heaven?" "[To the weak of health and the elderly] "To one who tells you that it is not good to treat your body so rigorously, answer this: “The one who on earth refuses to suffer with Jesus Christ will be unable to rejoice with Jesus Christ in Heaven.”" "[To the directors of the houses] "Mortify your eyes now, so that you may see the glory of Our Blessed Mother and the glories of Heaven in a purer way." "Not all of us can fast, or undertake arduous journeys in God’s service, or give generous alms, but we can all love. All it takes is the sincere desire to do so." "It [obedience] is the surest way to scale the heights of perfection. There may be some, for instance, who wish to do penance and fast although their superior advised otherwise. Let us obey, because then we shall be sure of doing God’s Will and climbing higher on the ladder of sanctity." "Guard your eyes since they are the windows through which sin enters the soul." "[To the first Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians] "Begin to practice self-denial in little things, so that later you will be able to do so in bigger ones." "Guard your eyes so that one day you may deserve to gaze upon the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven." "There are plenty of ways to practice mortification! Just patiently endure cold, heat, sickness, troubles, people, happenings, and so forth." "Do not pamper your body; guard your senses, especially your eyes. Above all, avoid bad reading. If a book, indifferent in itself, should upset you, put it away. Willingly read good books, preferably those which treat of the Blessed Sacrament and of Mary." "[Regarding mortification of the eyes] Read other quotations by Don Bosco
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