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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

Teresa of Avila

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
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
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Change God Patience Strive
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
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
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Endurance Gratitude Mindset Patience Serious Suffering
All times are dangerous times.
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Dangerous One Liner Time
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move
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
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

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