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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

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
God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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God Health Obedience Yourself
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
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
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Deal Greatness Love Thinking Yourself
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
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
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
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
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World

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