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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

Teresa of Avila

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
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
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Death Live Oneself Quick
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
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Curiosity Talk Yourself
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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Action Disturb Ignorance Lose Motivational Ourselves Peace Soul Wrong
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
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Compliment God Greatness Himself Pau
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
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
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin 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

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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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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