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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.

Teresa of Avila

For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Death Live Oneself Quick
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness 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
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
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
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
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
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward

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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