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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.

Teresa of Avila

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
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
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
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
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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God Greatness Hard Time Struggle Walk
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
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
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
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Beginning Fear Greatness Important Ourselves Thinking
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
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself

Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.

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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.

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