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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

Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
Truth suffers, but never dies.
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Death One Liner Suffering Truth
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
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Disappoint Obedience Remember Yourself
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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God Security Travel True
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Difficult Endurance God Ourselves Suffering
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
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
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
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
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Alone Love Worth
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
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
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
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
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
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Alone Light Love Value Wisdom
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
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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Courage Life Lying
To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.
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Angel Earth Weird
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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Hope Ourselves Peace Philosophy
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
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
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul
If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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Friendship Way Wonderful Yourself

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