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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Teresa of Avila

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
From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Moments Oneself
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
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
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
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
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
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

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

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