It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
TERESA OF AVILANever affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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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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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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