May God protect me from gloomy saints.
TERESA OF AVILABut the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Pain is never permanent.
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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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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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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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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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Teach by works more than words.
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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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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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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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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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God is even kinder than you think.
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