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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.

Teresa of Avila

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Greatness Myself Poverty Sorry True
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
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
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
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
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
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
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Disappoint Obedience Remember Yourself
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Friendship God Greatness Human Law Willing

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