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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.

Teresa of Avila

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
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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God Greatness Hard Time Struggle Walk
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
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue Yourself
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
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
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work

Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.

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