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It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.

Teresa of Avila

From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
TERESA OF AVILA

Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Death Live Oneself Quick
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
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
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
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
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 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
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy

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