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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila

If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
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
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
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
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Disappoint Obedience Remember Yourself
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

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