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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.

Teresa of Avila

Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Different Oneself Place Unity Window
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
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
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
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
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
All times are dangerous times.
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Dangerous One Liner Time
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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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Endurance Gratitude Mindset Patience Serious Suffering
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk

Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.

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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.

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