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

Teresa of Avila

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Beginning Fear Greatness Important Ourselves Thinking
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
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Friendship God Greatness Human Law Willing
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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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Change God Patience Strive
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
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
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth

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