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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

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
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
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
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
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Church Silence Women
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

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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