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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

Teresa of Avila

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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
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
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
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True
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
Pain is never permanent.
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One Liner Pain
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
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
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself

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