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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

Teresa of Avila

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
TERESA OF AVILA

See Sight 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
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
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
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
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
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
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
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Different Oneself Place Unity Window

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