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Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.

Teresa of Avila

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
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
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
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
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
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
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
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
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

Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.

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