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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.

Teresa of Avila

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
After you die, you wear what you are.
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Character Clothes Death Deep Yourself
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow 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
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
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
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Acceptance Best God Praise
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.

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