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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

Teresa of Avila

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

Act Desire Fear God Greatness Leadership Live Lose See Yourself
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
Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Comfortable Life Night
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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Thinking Virtue Yourself
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Afraid Death Live Way
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
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
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
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
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Deliever Devotion Face God Goodness
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.
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God Settle Solitude Yourself
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
The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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Important Love Yourself
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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Act Kindness Soul

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

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