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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

Teresa of Avila

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Care Death Remember Soul Yourself
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
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
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
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
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
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
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
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Friendship God Himself Mental Prayer Secret
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
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Church Silence Women

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