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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

Teresa of Avila

It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Friendship God Greatness Human Law Willing
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Care Death Remember Soul Yourself
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
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
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
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Earth Heaven Hotel Light Night Serious Suffering Worst
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Difficult Endurance God Ourselves Suffering
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak

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