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How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

Teresa of Avila

Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.
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Change Disturb God
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
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God Oneself Simplicity
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
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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Fact Slow Yourself
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Constant Fall God Growth Humble Soul
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
Happy the heart where love has come to birth.
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Born Happiness Love
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
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Friendship God Greatness Human Law Willing
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.
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Favor Forever Greatness Ourselves Remember Suffering Thinking
Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Hard Kind Yourself
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
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.
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Endurance Gratitude Mindset Patience Serious Suffering

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