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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Teresa of Avila

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
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
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
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
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
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
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

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