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To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.

Teresa of Avila

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.
TERESA OF AVILA

Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Different Oneself Place Unity Window
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
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
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Greatness Love Perfection Practice
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
From moment to moment one can bear much.
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Moments Oneself
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
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
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
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
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
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

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