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Teresa of Avila

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
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
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
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue Yourself
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
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
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
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World

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