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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

Teresa of Avila

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
TERESA OF AVILA

Act Kindness Soul
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Body Eyes Heart Open Soul
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
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
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
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
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
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
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
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
TERESA OF AVILA

Affirmation True

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

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