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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Teresa of Avila

How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
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
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
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Care Death Remember Soul Yourself
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Constant Fall God Growth Humble Soul
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World

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