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Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.

Teresa of Avila

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Action Disturb Ignorance Lose Motivational Ourselves Peace Soul Wrong
There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Greatness Myself Poverty Sorry True
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
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
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
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
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
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
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak

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