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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

Teresa of Avila

If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
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
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
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue Yourself
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
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
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move
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
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself

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