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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

Teresa of Avila

Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
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
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk 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
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
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
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
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
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
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
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
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
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach

Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

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