Without These Resources
Without good manners you will be deprived of the confidence of others.
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Without fortitude, you will succumb to the first obstacles on your path.
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Without positive faith, you will wander aimlessly.
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Without devoting yourself to goodness, you will experience a terrible inner hardening.
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Without giving noble examples, you will pass uselessly through the world.
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Without dignified work, tedium will corrode your energies.
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Without personal effort, you will never reach the doors to Higher Planes.
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Without hope, your earthly nights will be even darker.
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Without comprehension, your journey through the shadows will be painful.
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Without a spirit of renunciation, you will not be able to educate anyone.
XAVIER, Francisco Cândido. Christian Agenda. By the Spirit André Luiz. Great Britain: Allan Kardec Publishing Ltd, 1998. Chapter 33.