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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.

Teresa of Avila

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
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
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
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
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
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
After you die, you wear what you are.
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Character Clothes Death Deep Yourself
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Change Hold People Quick Serious
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
One always goes on as one begins.
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Beginning Oneself
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
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

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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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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