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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.

Teresa of Avila

Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
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
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
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
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
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

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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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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