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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

Teresa of Avila

To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
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
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Action Disturb Ignorance Lose Motivational Ourselves Peace Soul Wrong
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
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
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
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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Pay Precious Price Trouble True Understand Value Work
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

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