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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.

Teresa of Avila

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
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Change Hold People Quick Serious
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
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
Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Disappoint Obedience Remember Yourself
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
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
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
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
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
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Church Silence Women

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