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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

Teresa of Avila

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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Himself Talk Thinking Voice
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Friendship Interest Oneself Respect
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
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
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
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
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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Change Hold People Quick Serious
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
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

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