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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

Teresa of Avila

May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
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
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
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
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
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
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Acceptance Best God Praise
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey

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