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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

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
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
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
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Action Disturb Ignorance Lose Motivational Ourselves Peace Soul Wrong
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
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
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
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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Disturb Enough God Himself Patience
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
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom

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