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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.

Teresa of Avila

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
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
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
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
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
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
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
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
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
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
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
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul

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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