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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 affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
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
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
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
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
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
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.
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Act Humility Knowledge Study Value World
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin 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
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth

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