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

Teresa of Avila

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
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
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
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
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
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
After you die, you wear what you are.
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Character Clothes Death Deep Yourself
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
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
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
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
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
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
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

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