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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

Teresa of Avila

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
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
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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Pay Precious Price Trouble True Understand Value Work
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
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 often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
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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