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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.

Teresa of Avila

Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
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
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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Pay Precious Price Trouble True Understand Value Work
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
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
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
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
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
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
It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True
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
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
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
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
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

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