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

Teresa of Avila

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
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Deal Greatness Imagination Prayer Time Yourself
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
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
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
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
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
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
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Experience Goodness Reach
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
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
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
Love draws forth love.
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Love One Liner
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
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God Himself Satisfaction
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
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
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
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears

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