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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

Teresa of Avila

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
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
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
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
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
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
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
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
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit

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