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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

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
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
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Constant Fall God Growth Humble Soul
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
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
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
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
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
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
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
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
Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Disturb Enough God Himself Patience
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
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Change God Patience Strive
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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Growth Love Rejection Soul Tenderness True

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