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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.

Teresa of Avila

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

Courage Life Lying
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
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
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
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
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
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
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
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
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Difficult Endurance God Ourselves Suffering
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself

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