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People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.

Teresa of Avila

Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
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
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
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
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
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
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 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
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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom

People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.

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