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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.

Teresa of Avila

Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See 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
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
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
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
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 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
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
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
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
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
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
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
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Change Hold People Quick Serious
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
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
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
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction

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