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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.

Teresa of Avila

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
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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Greatness Myself Poverty Sorry True
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
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Friendship God Himself Mental Prayer Secret
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind 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
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Faith God Inspirational Place Trust Yourself
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
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.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value
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

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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