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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.

Teresa of Avila

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!
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Poor Prediction Wisdom
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
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
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
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
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
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
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
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
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
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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God Move

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.

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