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Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.

Teresa of Avila

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
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
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Friendship God Himself Mental Prayer Secret
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Disappoint Obedience Remember Yourself
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
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
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
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
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

Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.

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