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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

Teresa of Avila

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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God Greatness Hard Time Struggle Walk
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
All times are dangerous times.
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Dangerous One Liner Time
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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Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
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
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
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
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
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
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
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
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Beginning Fear Greatness Important Ourselves Thinking
It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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Forgiveness Himself Injury Present
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
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
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work

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