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True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.

Teresa of Avila

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Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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God is even kinder than you think.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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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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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Change God Patience Strive
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
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
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
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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