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Teach by works more than words.

Teresa of Avila

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Friendship God Greatness Human Law Willing
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Difficult Endurance God Ourselves Suffering
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 not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue 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
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy

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