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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.

Teresa of Avila

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The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
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
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love 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
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
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
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
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
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

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