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Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

Teresa of Avila

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
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
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
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
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
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
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
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
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
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
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
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
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
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
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

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