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Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

Teresa of Avila

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
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
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
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
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See Yourself
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
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

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