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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

Teresa of Avila

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
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
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
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
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
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

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