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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.

Teresa of Avila

Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
After you die, you wear what you are.
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Character Clothes Death Deep Yourself
Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Disturb Enough God Himself Patience
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
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
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
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
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
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
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
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
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

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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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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