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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.

Teresa of Avila

Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
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
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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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See Yourself
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
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
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
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
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
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

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