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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila

All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Body Eyes Heart Open Soul
After you die, you wear what you are.
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Character Clothes Death Deep Yourself
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual

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