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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.

Teresa of Avila

But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
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
Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Body Eyes Heart Open Soul
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue Yourself
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
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
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
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
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
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God

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