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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Teresa of Avila

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
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God Himself Satisfaction
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue Yourself
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
The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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God Life Spirit
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
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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Care Death Remember Soul 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
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
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
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
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
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True

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