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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.

Teresa of Avila

God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
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
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
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
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
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Friendship God Himself Mental Prayer Secret
After you die, you wear what you are.
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Character Clothes Death Deep Yourself
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Change Hold People Quick Serious
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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself

Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.

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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.

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