“Dari sudut pandang manusia, nilai suatu tindakan meningkat sebanding dengan waktu yang dihabiskan untuk melaksanakan tindakan itu; tetapi di hadapan Allah nilai suatu tindakan meningkat sebanding dengan kemurnian intensi yang menyertai pelaksanaan tindakan itu. Sebab, Kitab Suci berkata, manusia hanya memandang tindak-tindak eksternal, sedangkan Allah memandang hati.” - St. Alfonsus Liguori

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“In the estimation of men, the value of an act increases in proportion to the time spent in its performance; but before God the value of an act increases in proportion to the purity of intention with which it is performed, For, as the Scripture says, men look only to the external acts, while God regards the heart.” - St. Alphonsus Liguori