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Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

Teresa of Avila

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
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Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See Yourself
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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Company God Goodness Greatness People Place
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
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
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Flower Growth Humility Love Spiritual Talk True
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
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
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
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
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
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
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Acceptance Best God Praise
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Beginning Fear Greatness Important Ourselves Thinking
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
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
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
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
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction

Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

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