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It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

Teresa of Avila

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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Body Eyes Heart Open Soul
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
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
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
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 love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
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
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
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
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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Pay Precious Price Trouble True Understand Value Work

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